Study Desk

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, "David went to Ahimelech's house."^(a)

Why brag about evil, you hero!^(b) God's faithful love is constant.^(c)

Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.^(d)

You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully.^(e) Selah

You love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue!^(f)

This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living.^(g) Selah

The righteous will look on with awe and will ridicule him:^(h)

"Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior."^[a](i)

But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God;^(j) I trust in God's faithful love forever and ever.^(k)

I will praise You forever for what You have done. In the presence of Your faithful people, I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.^(l)