Psalms 51
1 For the end,
a Psalm of
aGr. governing.instruction by David, 2 when Doec the
Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of
Abimelech.
3 Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast
of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day
4 thy tongue has devised
unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
5 Thou hast loved wickedness more than
goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
6 Thou hast loved all words of
destruction, and a deceitful tongue.
7 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. 8 And the righteous
shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
9 Behold the man who made not God his
help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in
his vanity.
10 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. 11 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 thy saints.