The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."
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Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
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Your d tongue plots destruction,
like e a sharp razor, you f worker of deceit.
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You love evil more than good,
and g lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
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You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
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But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and h tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from i the land of the living. Selah
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The righteous shall j see and fear,
and shall k laugh at him, saying,
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"See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but l trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!"
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But I am like m a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
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I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, n for it is good,
in the presence of the o godly.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 22:9
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
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Cross References
Psalms 50:19
You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
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Cross References
Psalms 57:4
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts - the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
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Cross References
Psalms 101:7
No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 9:4 - 5
Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
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Cross References
Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.
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Cross References
Psalms 27:13
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!
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Cross References
Psalms 40:3
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
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Cross References
Psalms 2:4
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
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Cross References
Psalms 49:6
Those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?
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Cross References
Jeremiah 11:16
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Psalms 1:3
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Psalms 37:35
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Psalms 92:12 - 13
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Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within y...
Psalms 144:12
May our sons in their youth be like plants full...
Hosea 14:6
His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall b...
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Cross References
Psalms 54:6
With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
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Cross References
Psalms 50:5
"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
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