Psalms 51:1-5

¹For the end, a Psalm of instruction by David,

²when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Ahimelech.

³Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day

⁴thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; Like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.

⁵Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; Unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.