Psalms 52

• 1. You call yourself a hero, do you? Why boast about this crime of yours, you who have disgraced God's people?
• 2. All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you're an expert at telling lies.
• 3. You love evil more than good and lies more than truth.
• 4. You love to say things that harm others, you liar!
• 5. But God will strike you down once and for all. He will pull you from your home and drag you from the land of the living.
• 6. The righteous will see it and be amazed. They will laugh and say,
• 7. "Look what happens to mighty warriors who do not trust in God. They trust their wealth instead and grow more and more bold in their wickedness."
• 8. But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I trust in God's unfailing love forever and ever.
• 9. I will praise you forever, O God, for what you have done. I will wait for your mercies in the presence of your people.

Psalms 53

• 1. Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; no one does good!
• 2. God looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if there is even one with real understanding, one who seeks for God.
• 3. But no, all have turned away from God; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not even one!
• 4. Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread; they wouldn't think of praying to God.
• 5. But then terror will grip them, terror like they have never known before. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
• 6. Oh, that salvation would come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel! For when God restores his people, Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.

Psalms 54

• 1. Come with great power, O God, and rescue me! Defend me with your might.
• 2. O God, listen to my prayer. Pay attention to my plea.
• 3. For strangers are attacking me; violent men are trying to kill me. They care nothing for God.
• 4. But God is my helper. The Lord is the one who keeps me alive!
• 5. May my enemies' plans for evil be turned against them. Do as you promised and put an end to them.
• 6. I will sacrifice a voluntary offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good.
• 7. For you will rescue me from my troubles and help me to triumph over my enemies.

New Living Translation: 184 of 324 days.