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| 1For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long! | 1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “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. |
| 2Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. | 2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. |
| 3You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah) | 3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah |
| 4You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives. | 4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. |
| 5Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah) | 5Surely 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 |
| 6When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying: | 6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, |
| 7"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others." | 7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.” |
| 8But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love. | 8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever. |
| 9I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good. | 9I 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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