September 22: Psalm 52; 2 Samuel 12; Ezekiel 12; Luke 15

Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 52 Psalm 52 (Listen) The Steadfast Love of God Endures To the choirmaster. A Maskil1 of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” 52   Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?<br />    The steadfast love of God endures all the day.<br />2   Your tongue plots destruction,<br />    like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.<br />3   You love evil more than good,<br />    and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah<br />4   You love all words that devour,<br />    O deceitful tongue.<br /> 5   But God will break you down forever;<br />    he will snatch and tear you from your tent;<br />    he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah<br />6   The righteous shall see and fear,<br />    and shall laugh at him, saying,<br />7   “See the man who would not make<br />    God his refuge,<br />  but trusted in the abundance of his riches<br />    and sought refuge in his own destruction!”2