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Why Do You Boast of Mischief?
{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth 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 mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
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 lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
You love to destroy others with your words,
you liar!
you liar!
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou 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 dwelling place, 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:
“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.”
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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 I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.