God’s Judgment on the Wicked and Love for the Faithful1
(For the music director. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite came and informed Saul. And he said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” ) Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The loyal love of God endures continually.
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Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit.
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You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking what is right.Selah
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You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue,
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but God will pull you down forever. He will snatch you and tear you away from your tent, and he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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And the righteous will see and fear, and will laugh at him, saying,
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“Look, the man who would not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the greatness of his wealth; he took refuge in his destructiveness.”
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But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I trust the loyal love of God forever and ever.
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I will give thanks to you forever, because of what you have done, and I will wait on your name, because it is good, in the presence of your faithful ones.