Psalms

Chapter 51

  1. 1

    Unto the end, understanding for David,

  2. 2

    When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech. 1 Kings 22

  3. 3

    Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?

  4. 4

    All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

  5. 5

    Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

  6. 6

    Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

  7. 7

    Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

  8. 8

    The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

  9. 9

    Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

  10. 10

    But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.

  11. 11

    I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.