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叹恶人狂妄自夸

52 以东多益来告诉扫罗说:“大卫到了亚希米勒家。”那时,大卫作这训诲诗,交于伶长。

勇士啊,你为何以作恶自夸?神的慈爱是常存的。
你的舌头邪恶诡诈,好像剃头刀,快利伤人。
你爱恶胜似爱善,又爱说谎,不爱说公义。(细拉)
诡诈的舌头啊,你爱说一切毁灭的话!
神也要毁灭你,直到永远。他要把你拿去,从你的帐篷中抽出,从活人之地将你拔出。(细拉)
义人要看见而惧怕,并要笑他,
说:“看哪!这就是那不以神为他力量的人,只倚仗他丰富的财物,在邪恶上坚立自己。”
至于我,就像神殿中的青橄榄树,我永永远远倚靠神的慈爱。
我要称谢你,直到永远,因为你行了这事。我也要在你圣民面前仰望你的名,这名本为美好。

This is a special song that David wrote for the music leader.

It was when Doeg, the man from Edom, went to Saul and told him, ‘David went to the house of Ahimelech, the priest.’

Cruel words[a]

52 Strong man, why are you so proud
    about the evil things that you like to do?
Remember that God's faithful love keeps me safe.
Your tongue is like a sharp knife!
You talk about how to hurt other people,
    You speak nothing but lies.
You love to do evil things,
    not good things.
You love to tell lies
    more than the truth.
Selah.
You love to say cruel words.
    You speak to deceive others.
But God will knock you down,
    and he will break you into pieces.
He will take you away from your home.
He will remove you from this world where people live.
Selah.
Righteous people will see what has happened,
    and they will be afraid.[b]
Then they will laugh at the wicked person,
    and they will say,
‘Look! This man did not trust God to keep him safe.
    Instead, he trusted in his riches.
He thought that he could be cruel,
    and that would keep him safe.’
But I am like a strong olive tree
    that grows in the house of God.
I will always trust in God's faithful love for his people.
I will always praise you, God,
    for what you have done.
I will trust you to help me,
    together with all those who serve you.

Footnotes

  1. 52:1 King Saul was trying to kill David. David and his men ran away from Saul. Doeg told Saul where he could find David. See 1 Samuel 21:7.
  2. 52:6 When God does a powerful thing, it often makes us afraid. But when we begin to understand what he has done, we are happy! We know that God always does what is right.