Psalm 52 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Psa 52:1

Psa 52:1(LXX 51:1) For the end, a Psalm of [fn]instruction by David, (51:2) when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. (51:3) Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day

Psa 52:2

Psa 52:2(LXX 51:4) thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.

Psa 52:3

Psa 52:3(LXX 51:5) Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.

Psa 52:4

Psa 52:4(LXX 51:6) Thou hast loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue.

Psa 52:5

Psa 52:5(LXX 51:7) Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.

Psa 52:6

Psa 52:6(LXX 51:8) And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

Psa 52:7

Psa 52:7(LXX 51:9) Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

Psa 52:8

Psa 52:8(LXX 51:10) But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.

Psa 52:9

Psa 52:9(LXX 51:11) I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

BES Footnotes

(52:1)

Gr. governing.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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Psalm 52 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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