Psalm 52In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.
For the director of music. A maskilTitle: Probably a literary or musical term of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”
1Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2You who practice deceit,
your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor.
3You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.
4You love every harmful word,
you deceitful tongue!
5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at you, saying,
7“Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!”
8But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
9For what you have done I will always praise you
in the presence of your faithful people.
And I will hope in your name,
for your name is good.
第52篇
上帝的審判和慈愛
以東人多益去告訴掃羅：「大衛到了亞希米勒家。」那時大衛作了這首訓誨詩，交給樂長。
1勇士啊，你為何以作惡為榮？
上帝的慈愛永遠長存。
2你這詭詐的人啊，
舌頭利如剃刀，
盡是害人的奸計。
3你喜愛邪惡，不愛良善；
你喜愛虛謊，不愛真理。（細拉）
4你有詭詐的舌頭，
好說惡言惡語。
5上帝必永遠毀滅你，
祂必抓住你，
把你從家裡拉出來，
從活人之地剷除。（細拉）
6義人看見必心生敬畏，
他們必嘲笑說：
7「看啊，這就是不依靠上帝的人，
他只倚仗自己的財富並靠作惡得勢。」
8但我就像上帝殿中的一棵橄欖樹，枝繁葉茂，
我永永遠遠信靠上帝的慈愛。
9上帝啊，
我要永遠讚美你的作為。
我要在你忠心的子民面前仰望你美善的名。
