For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Thou lovest evil more than good,
And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah
Thou lovest all devouring words,
{Or, And the deceitful tongue}O thou deceitful tongue.
God will likewise {Or, break thee down}destroy thee for ever;
He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,
And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah
The righteous also shall see it, and fear,
And shall laugh at him, saying,
Lo, this is the man that made not God his {Or, stronghold}strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God:
I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.
I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it;
And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.
Querverweise zu Psalm 52,5 Ps 52,5
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity;Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
He hath made a pit, and digged it,And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
His mischief shall return upon his own head,And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
I have seen the wicked in great power,And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the {Or, earth}land,And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of JehovahIn the land of the living.
But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction:Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;But I will trust in thee.
{Or, Yet he passed away}But one passed by, and, lo, he was not:Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
I will walk before JehovahIn the {Hebrew: lands.}land of the living.
But God will shoot at them;With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
So {Or, shall they against whom their tongue was make them to stumble}they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them:All that see them shall {Or, flee away}wag the head.
And all men shall fear;And they shall declare the work of God,And shall wisely consider of his doing.
The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him;And all the upright in heart shall glory.
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth;And {Hebrew: it shall (or, thou shall) bring him.}he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
I said, I shall not see {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah, even {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah in the land of the living:I shall behold man no more {Or, when I am among them that have ceased to be}with the inhabitants of the world.
Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips,And from a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee,Thou deceitful tongue?
{Or, It is as the sharp arrows of the mighty man}Sharp arrows of the mighty,With coals of {Or, broom}juniper.
Though his height mount up to the heavens,And his head reach unto the clouds;
As for the head of those that compass me about,Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Let burning coals fall upon them:Let them be cast into the fire,Into {Or, floods}deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
{Hebrew: A man to tongue.}An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth:Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
The lip of truth shall be established for ever;But a lying tongue is but for a moment.
And he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house;
A false witness shall not be unpunished;And he that {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth lies shall not escape.
for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
A false witness shall not be unpunished;And he that {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth lies shall perish.
But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.