1For the leader. A maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul that David had gone to Abimelech's house. Why glory in mischief, you hero? God's kindness is all the day.
2Engulfing ruin you plot, your tongue like a razor sharpened, you practiser of deceit.
3Evil, not good, you love, and falsehood, not words of truth. Selah
4But you love all words that devour, and a tongue that is given to deceit.
5But God, on his part, shall destroy you forever, grasp you and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah
6Smitten with awe at the sight, the righteous shall laugh at you.
7“Look” (they will say) “at the hero who did not make God his stronghold, but trusted in his great wealth and in the strength of his riches.”