Psalm 52:1-3

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Judgment on the Deceitful

To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

52 Why do you boast, O mighty man,
    of mischief done against the godly?^[a]
    All the day ²you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
    you worker of treachery.
³You love evil more than good,
    and lying more than speaking the truth.Selah

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Psalm 52:1 Cn Compare Syr: Heb the kindness of God

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