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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of Ahimelek." Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue! |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying, |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!" |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9For what you have done I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good. |
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