 1 To the Chief Musician. A contemplation. A Psalm of David when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, David has come to the house of Ahimelech. Why do you boast yourself in evil, O mighty man? The mercy of God endures forever. 2 Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good and lying more than to speak righteousness. Selah. 4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue. 5 Therefore God will destroy you forever. He will take you away and pluck you out of your tent and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. 6 The righteous will see and fear God and laugh at him, saying, 7 Behold, those who did not make God their strength, but trusted in the abundance of riches. Such were strong in their wickedness. 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. 9 I will praise you forever because you have done it. I will wait on your name. For it is good before your saints.
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