Ps 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Ps 51:18 ¶ By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Ps 51:19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Ps 52:1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
Ps 52:2 Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
Ps 52:3 You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
Ps 52:4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
Ps 52:5 ¶ But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
Ps 52:6 The righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying,
Ps 52:7 "Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire."
Ps 52:8 ¶ But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.
Ps 52:9 I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
Ps 53:1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God," They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.
Ps 53:2 God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God.
Ps 53:3 Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
Ps 53:4 ¶ Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up My people as though they ate bread And have not called upon God?
Ps 53:6 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores His captive people, Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
Ps 54:1 Save me, O God, by Your name, And vindicate me by Your power.
Ps 54:3 For strangers have risen against me And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah.
Ps 54:5 He will recompense the evil to my foes; Destroy them in Your faithfulness.