Psalms 51 — UBES

51Verse 1For the end, a Psalm of instruction by David,^{Verse 2}when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Ahimelech.^{Verse 3}Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief?
All the day^{Verse 4}
thy tongue has devised unrighteousness;
Like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
^{Verse 5}Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness;
Unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
^{Verse 6}Thou hast loved all words of destruction,
And a deceitful tongue.^{Verse 7}Therefore may God destroy thee forever,
May he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling,
And thy root from the land of the living. Pause.
^{Verse 8}And the righteous shall see, and fear,
And shall laugh at him, and say,
^{Verse 9}Behold the man who made not God his help;
But trusted in the abundance of his wealth,
And strengthened himself in his vanity.^{Verse 10}But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God:
I have trusted in the mercy of God
Forever, even for evermore.
^{Verse 11}I will give thanks to thee forever, for thou hast done it:
And I will wait on thy name;
For it is good before thy saints.