Psalm 52
1 Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior?
Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever?
2 All day long you plot destruction.
Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor;
you’re an expert at telling lies.
3 You love evil more than good
and lies more than truth.
4 You love to destroy others with your words,
you liar!
5 But God will strike you down once and for all.
He will pull you from your home
and uproot you from the land of the living.
6 The righteous will see it and be amazed.
They will laugh and say,
7 “Look what happens to mighty warriors
who do not trust in God.
They trust their wealth instead
and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”
8 But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.
9 I will praise you forever, O God,
for what you have done.
I will trust in your good name
in the presence of your faithful people.
'Be sure the truth will find you out', says the Lord of Hosts
'I am the God who knows you
I know your inmost thoughts
How they are wicked all day long
Not only do you tolarate inquity you join in
Your heart is far from me
You and your household shall be castdown
Surely I will bring your kingdom to ruin
Together with those who support you
I will rise up enemies from within your own camp
They will turn on you
From within your own borders I shall raise up an army who will cast you down
I am the everliving one. I died yet still live and I shall rule the nations with a rod of iron.'
May the God of Jacob, Issac and Abraham add his blessing to these words.
Amen
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