For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” ¹ Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long. ² Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. ³ You love evil more than good,
Falsehood 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 you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah. ⁶ The righteous will see and fear,
And will laugh at him, saying, ⁷ “Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches
And was strong in his evil desire.” ⁸ But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. ⁹ I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it,
And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.