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when Do’eg from Edom came and told Sha’ul, “David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh”:

(1) Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant,
when God’s mercy is present every day?
(2) Your tongue, as sharp as a razor,
plots destruction and works deception.

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You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)
You love evil(D) rather than good,
    falsehood(E) rather than speaking the truth.[a]
You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.