Psalms 51

1 For the end, a Psalm of instruction by David, 2 when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Ahimelech. 3 Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day 4 thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; Like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. 5 Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; Unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. 6 Thou hast loved all words of destruction, And a deceitful tongue. 7 Therefore may God destroy thee forever, May he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, And thy root from the land of the living. Pause. 8 And the righteous shall see, and fear, And shall laugh at him, and say, 9 Behold the man who made not God his help; But trusted in the abundance of his wealth, And strengthened himself in his vanity. 10 But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God Forever, even for evermore. 11 I will give thanks to thee forever, for thou hast done it: And I will wait on thy name; For it is good before thy saints.