For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told “ David has gone to the house of Ahimelech. ” Why do you boast of evil , O mighty man ? The loving devotion of God (endures) all day long.
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Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor , O worker of deceit.
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You love evil more than good , falsehood more than speaking tRuth -. Selah
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You love every word that devours , O deceitful tongue.
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Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin ; He will snatch you up and tear you away from (your) tent ; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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The righteous will see and fear ; vvv they will mock (the evildoer), saying ,
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“ Look at the man who did not make God his refuge , but trusted in the abundance of his wealth (and) strengthened himself by destruction. ”
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But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God ; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
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I will praise You forever , because You have done it. I will wait on Your name — for it is good — in the presence of Your saints.
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