Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 52. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-52/%20">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-52/ </a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-52-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-1">The steadfast love of God endures all the day.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14713" class="text Ps-52-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>Your tongue plots destruction,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-2">like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14714" class="text Ps-52-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>You love evil more than good,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-3">and lying more than speaking what is right. <span class="selah">Selah</span></span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14715" class="text Ps-52-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>You love all words that devour,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-4">O deceitful tongue.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14716" class="text Ps-52-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>But God will break you down forever;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-5">he will snatch and tear you from your tent;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-5">he will uproot you from the land of the living. <span class="selah">Selah</span></span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14717" class="text Ps-52-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>The righteous shall see and fear,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-6">and shall laugh at him, saying,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14718" class="text Ps-52-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>“See the man who would not make</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-7">God his refuge,</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-52-7">but trusted in the abundance of his riches</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-7">and sought refuge in his own destruction!”</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14719" class="text Ps-52-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>But I am like a green olive tree</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-8">in the house of God.</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-52-8">I trust in the steadfast love of God</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-8">forever and ever.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14720" class="text Ps-52-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>I will thank you forever,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-9">because you have done it.</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-52-9">I will wait for your name, for it is good,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-52-9">in the presence of the godly.</span></span></p> <p><strong>What do you think? </strong><br> <strong>Comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-52/%20">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcas</a></strong></p> </div>
