| Chapter 51 |
1 | Unto the end, understanding for David, |
2 | when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech |
3 | Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity? |
4 | All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit. |
5 | Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness. |
6 | Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue. |
7 | Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living. |
8 | The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say: |
9 | Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity. |
10 | But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever. |
11 | I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints. |