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  52:1 ¶
[[For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Edomite{gr.Idumean} came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.]] Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [thy] mischief? All the day |
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52:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician,ºº
Maschil,ºº
[A Psalm] of David,º
when Doegº
the Edomiteº
cameºº
and toldºº
Saul,º
and saidºº
unto him, Davidº
is comeºº
toº
the houseº
of Ahimelech.]]º
Whyº
boastestºº
thou thyselfº
in mischief,º
O mightyº
man?º
the goodnessº
of Elº
[endureth] continually.ºº |
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52:2
thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. |
52:2
Thy tongueº
devisethºº
mischiefs;º
like a sharpºº
razor,º
workingºº
deceitfully.º |
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52:3
Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. |
52:3
Thou lovestºº
evilº
more than good;ºº
[and] lyingº
rather than to speakººº
righteousness.º
Selah.º |
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52:4
Thou has loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue. |
52:4
Thou lovestºº
allº
devouringº
words,º
O [thou] deceitfulº
tongue.º |
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52:5
Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from [thy] dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause. |
52:5
Elº
shall likewiseº
destroyºº
thee for ever,º
he shall take thee away,ºº
and pluck thee outºº
of [thy] dwelling place,ºº
and rootº
thee outºº
of the landºº
of the living.º
Selah.º |
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52:6
And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say, |
52:6
The righteousº
also shall see,ºº
and fear,ºº
and shall laughºº
atº
him: |
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52:7
Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity. |
52:7
Lo,º
[this is] the manº
[that] madeºº
notº
Elohimº
his strength;º
but trustedºº
in the abundanceº
of his riches,º
[and] strengthenedºº
himself in his wickedness.º |
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52:8
But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore. |
52:8
But Iº
[am] like a greenº
olive treeº
in the houseº
of Elohim:º
I trustºº
in the mercyº
of Elohimº
for everº
and ever.º |
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52:9
I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before the saints. |
52:9
I will praiseºº
thee for ever,º
becauseº
thou hast doneºº
[it]: and I will waitºº
onº
thy name;º
forº
[it is] goodº
beforeº
thy saints.º |
