Chapter 52

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.'

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What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

2

Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

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Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

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Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

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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.

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And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

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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.'

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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,

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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!