Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.
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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 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
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You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.
3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
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You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
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You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
5 Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
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Surely 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 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
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The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying,
7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
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“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 And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
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But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.
9 I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!
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For 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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