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52 ‎[1] **For the chief musician, a contemplation by David, **
‎[2] composed **when Doeg the Edomite came and informed Saul, saying to him: David has come to the house of Ahimelekh. **As a result of what Doeg told Saul, almost all the people of the house of Ahimelekh were killed for having harbored the fugitive David, despite their being innocent of any wrongdoing.
‎[3] **Why do you boast of evil, you warrior? **Doeg was one of Saul’s senior ministers and warriors. **The kindness of the Almighty, **which counteracts your evil deeds,** is all day long. **
‎[4] **Your tongue contemplates wickedness. Like a honed razor, it works deceit. **A very sharp blade often “works deceit” by causing unintended scrapes.
‎[5] **You love evil more than good, falsehood more than honest speech, Selah. **
‎[6] **You love all slanderous words, a deceiving tongue. **
‎[7] As punishment for this,* ***the Almighty will also shatter you forever; He will snatch you up, drag you from your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living, Selah. **
‎[8] **And **when **the righteous will see** Doeg’s downfall, they will have a twofold reaction: They will take note of the harshness of his punishment **and be awed, and **they **will laugh **and scoff **at him, saying: **
‎[9] **Here is the man who did not make God his stronghold, relying **instead **on his great riches, fortifying himself in his wickedness. **
‎[10] **But as for me, **one of the intended victims of Doeg’s malevolent speech, **I am **thriving **like a verdant olive tree in the House of God; I trusted in the kindness of God forevermore **and emerged from the ordeal unscathed.** **
‎[11] **I will give thanks to You forever for what You have done, and I will place my hope in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your devoted ones.**
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