Psalms 52
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For the leader. A maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul that David had gone to Abimelech’s house.
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Why glory in mischief, you hero? God’s kindness is all the day.
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Engulfing ruin you plot, your tongue like a razor sharpened, you practiser of deceit.
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Evil, not good, you love, and falsehood, not words of truth. Selah
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But you love all words that devour, and a tongue that is given to deceit.
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But God, on his part, shall destroy you forever, grasp you and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah
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Smitten with awe at the sight, the righteous shall laugh at you.
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“Look” (they will say) “at the hero who did not make God his stronghold, but trusted in his great wealth and in the strength of his riches.”
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But I am like a fresh olive-tree in the house of God. I trust in the kindness of God for ever and evermore.
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I will render you thanks for ever for what you have done. I will tell how good you are in the presence of those who love you.
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