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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 52

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The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of David, when (a)Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."

1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
    The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your (b)tongue plots destruction,
    like (c)a sharp razor, you (d)worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
    and (e)lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
    O deceitful tongue.

5 But God will break you down forever;
    he will snatch and (f)tear you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from (g)the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous shall (h)see and fear,
    and shall (i)laugh at him, saying,
7 "See the man who would not make
    God his refuge,
but (j)trusted in the abundance of his riches
    and sought refuge in his own destruction!"[b]

8 But I am like (k)a green olive tree
    in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
    forever and ever.
9 I will thank you forever,
    because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, (l)for it is good,
    in the presence of the (m)godly.

 
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