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Psalms 51
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1For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David,
1(52) For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [your] mischief? All the day
2when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.
2your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit.
3Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [thy] mischief? All the day
3You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
4thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
4You have loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.
5Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
5Therefore may God destroy you for ever, may he pluck you up and utterly remove you from [your] dwelling, and your root from the land of the living. Pause.
6Thou hast loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.
6And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
7Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from [thy] dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.
7Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
8And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
8But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.
9Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
9I will give thanks to you for ever, for you have done [it]: and I will wait on your name; for [it is] good before the saints.