Psalms 51 — parallel

51:1

For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David,

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51:2

when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.

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51:3

Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [thy] mischief? All the day

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51:4

thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.

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51:5

Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.

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51:6

Thou hast loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.

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51:7

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.

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51:8

And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

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51:9

Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

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51:10

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.

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51:11

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.

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