| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1For the director of music. A maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite had gone to Saul and told him: "David has gone to the house of Ahimelek." Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? | 1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. |
| 2You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor. | 2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. |
| 3You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. | 3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah |
| 4You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue! | 4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. |
| 5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. | 5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah |
| 6The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying, | 6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, |
| 7"Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!" | 7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.” |
| 8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever. | 8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever. |
| 9For what you have done I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good. | 9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints. |
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