1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and saide to him, Dauid is come to the house of Abimelech. Why boastest thou thy selfe in thy wickednesse, O man of power? the louing kindenesse of God indureth dayly.
2Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.
3Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the trueth. Selah.
4Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!
5So shall God destroy thee for euer: he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. Selah.
6The righteous also shall see it, and feare, and shall laugh at him, saying,
Psalms 52
Psalms 52:1-6