Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 <<For the Chief Musician. A maskil by David, when Do'eg the Edomite came and told Sha'ul, "David has come to Avimelekh's house.">> Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's lovingkindness endures continually.
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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.
2 Your tongue plots destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
3 You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
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Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
4 You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.
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Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, And root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
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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.
6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, And laugh at him, saying,
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And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."
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`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's lovingkindness forever and ever.
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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,
9 I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, In the presence of your holy ones.
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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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