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Psalms 51
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David,
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me (note: Or Be gracious to me), O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [thy] mischief? All the day
52:1
For the choirmaster. A Maskil (note: Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.) 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.
thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
52:3
You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
Thou hast loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.
52:4
You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
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.
52:5
Surely 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
And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
52:6
The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
52:7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
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.
52:8
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
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.
52:9
I 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.