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Futility of Boastful Wickedness.
For the Chief Musician. Maskil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. |
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1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.
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2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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3 Thou lovest evil more than good,
And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {Selah
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4 Thou lovest all devouring words,
O thou deceitful tongue.
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5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever;
He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,
And root thee out of the land of the living. {Selah
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6 The righteous also shall see it, and fear,
And shall laugh at him, saying,
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7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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8 But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God:
I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.
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9 I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it;
And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints. |
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