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| [1]To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day. |
[1]Why boastest thou thyself in thy wickedness, O man of power? The loving kindness of God endureth daily. |
| [2]Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit. |
[2]Thy tongue imagineth mischief, and is like a sharp razor, that cutteth deceitfully. |
| [3]Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah. |
[3]Thou dost love evil more then good, and lies more then to speak the truth. Selah. |
| [4]Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. |
[4]Thou lovest all words that may destroy, O deceitful tongue! |
| [5]Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah. |
[5]So shall God destroy thee forever: he shall take thee and pluck thee out of thy tabernacle, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. |
| [6]And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him. |
[6]The righteous also shall see it, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying, |
| [7]`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.' |
[7]Behold the man that took not God for his strength, but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice. |
| [8]And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever, |
[8]But I shall be like a green olive tree in the house of God: for I trusted in the mercy of God forever and ever. |
| [9]I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints! |
[9]I will alway praise thee, for that thou hast done this, and I will hope in thy name, because it is good before thy saints. |