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Why Do You Boast of Mischief?
{To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God [abideth] continually.
{To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God [abideth] continually.
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.
You deceitful tongue.
Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!
God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
The righteous also shall see and fear,
And shall laugh at him, saying,
And shall laugh at him, saying,
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying,]
Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his avarice.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.