Common English Bible

Psalms 52:3-9 Common English Bible (CEB)

3. You love evil more than good;you love lying more than speaking what is right. Selah

4. You love all destructive words;you love the deceiving tongue.

5. But God will take you down permanently;he will snatch you up,tear you out of your tent,and uproot you from the land of the living! Selah

6. The righteous will see and be in awe;they will laugh at those people:

7. "Look at them! They didn’t make God their refuge.Instead, they trusted in their own great wealth.They sought refuge in it—to their own destruction!"

8. But I am like a green olive tree in God’s house;I trust in God’s faithful love forever and always.

9. I will give thanks to you, God, forever,because you have acted.In the presence of your faithful people,I will hope in your name because it’s so good.