## Psalms Chapter 52

###### Psalms 52:1
[Psalms 52:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, A Maskil of David,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, a maskil of David.


###### Psalms 52:2
[Psalms 52:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:2)

בְּב֤וֹא**׀** דּוֹאֵ֣ג הָאֲדֹמִי֮ וַיַּגֵּ֢ד לְשָׁ֫א֥וּל וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֑וֹ בָּ֥א דָ֝וִ֗ד אֶל־בֵּ֥ית אֲחִימֶֽלֶךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
when Do᾽eg the Edomite came and told Sha᾽ul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Aĥimelekh.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and said to him: David has come to the house of Achimelech [viz. I Samuel 21, 22].


###### Psalms 52:3
[Psalms 52:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:3)

מַה־תִּתְהַלֵּ֣ל בְּ֭רָעָה הַגִּבּ֑וֹר חֶ֥סֶד אֵ֝֗ל כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why boastest thou thyself of evil, O mighty man? the love of God endures for all time.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why would you praise yourself with evil [(the evil that you plot against me by giving me away to Saul)], O strong one [(Doeg, "strong" in Torah)]? [Do you not know that] the lovingkindness of the L rd [(to rescue me from you)] [endures] all the day?


###### Psalms 52:4
[Psalms 52:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:4)

הַ֭וּוֹת תַּחְשֹׁ֣ב לְשׁוֹנֶ֑ךָ כְּתַ֥עַר מְ֝לֻטָּ֗שׁ עֹשֵׂ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your tongue plotted destruction, as a sharpened razor, working deceit.


###### Psalms 52:5
[Psalms 52:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:5)

אָהַ֣בְתָּ רָּ֣ע מִטּ֑וֹב שֶׁ֓קֶר**׀** מִדַּבֵּ֖ר צֶ֣דֶק סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You loved evil more than good; falsehood more than speaking righteousness [(which endures)] forever.


###### Psalms 52:6
[Psalms 52:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:6)

אָהַ֥בְתָּ כׇֽל־דִּבְרֵי־בָ֗לַע לְשׁ֣וֹן מִרְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou lovest all devouring words, a deceitful tongue.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You loved all words of "swallowing" [i.e., slander], the language of deceit.


###### Psalms 52:7
[Psalms 52:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:7)

גַּם־אֵל֮ יִתׇּצְךָ֢ לָ֫נֶ֥צַח יַחְתְּךָ֣ וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣ מֵאֹ֑הֶל וְשֵׁרֶשְׁךָ֨ מֵאֶ֖רֶץ חַיִּ֣ים סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd, likewise, will raze you for all time. He shall break you and remove you from your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living forever.


###### Psalms 52:8
[Psalms 52:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:8)

וְיִרְא֖וּ צַדִּיקִ֥ים וְיִירָ֗אוּ וְעָלָ֥יו יִשְׂחָֽקוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the righteous shall behold it and fear [(the L rd even more)], and him [Doeg] shall they mock, [saying]:


###### Psalms 52:9
[Psalms 52:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:9)

הִנֵּ֤ה הַגֶּ֗בֶר לֹ֤א יָשִׂ֥ים אֱלֹהִ֗ים מָ֫עוּזּ֥וֹ וַ֭יִּבְטַח בְּרֹ֣ב עׇשְׁר֑וֹ יָ֝עֹ֗ז בְּהַוָּתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
lo, this is the man who made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Behold [what has become of] the man who did not make G d his strength, who trusted in his great wealth, who took strength in his wickedness.


###### Psalms 52:10
[Psalms 52:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:10)

וַאֲנִ֤י**׀** כְּזַ֣יִת רַ֭עֲנָן בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּטַ֥חְתִּי בְחֶסֶד־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the love of God for ever and ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I [(who am now being pursued by you)] shall be like a fresh olive tree [with children and grandchildren] in the house of G d; for I trusted in the lovingkindness of G d forever.


###### Psalms 52:11
[Psalms 52:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/52:11)

אוֹדְךָ֣ לְ֭עוֹלָם כִּ֣י עָשִׂ֑יתָ וַאֲקַוֶּ֥ה שִׁמְךָ֥ כִי־ט֝֗וֹב נֶ֣גֶד חֲסִידֶֽיךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will give Thee thanks for ever, because Thou hast done it: and I will wait on Thy name, for it is good, before Thy saints.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall thank You forever when You have done [this]. And I shall hope in Your name, for You are good in the presence of Your saints.