Young's Literal Translation YLT
Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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 brag about evil, you hero! God's faithful love is constant.
2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
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Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.
3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
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You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah
4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
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You love any words that destroy, you treacherous 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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This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
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The righteous will look on with awe and will ridicule him:
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 is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior."
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 a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God's faithful love forever 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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I will praise You forever for what You have done. In the presence of Your faithful people, I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.
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