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To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of David when Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul, and said to him, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.' Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.
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Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
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You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.
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God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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The righteous also shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying,
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"Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."