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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.
All day long you plot destruction.
Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor;
you’re an expert at telling lies.
Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor;
you’re an expert at telling lies.
Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
You love evil more than good
and lies more than truth.
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and lies more than truth.
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Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
You love to destroy others with your words,
you liar!
you liar!
Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!
But God will strike you down once and for all.
He will pull you from your home
and uproot you from the land of the living.
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He will pull you from your home
and uproot you from the land of the living.
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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 will see it and be amazed.
They will laugh and say,
They will laugh and say,
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, [saying,]
“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.”
who do not trust in God.
They trust their wealth instead
and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”
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 an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.
I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.
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.