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52:1  For the leader. A maskil of David,
52:2  when Do’eg from Edom came and told Sha’ul, “David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh”:
52:3  Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant, when God’s mercy is present every day?
52:4  Your tongue, as sharp as a razor, plots destruction and works deception.
52:5  You love evil more than good, lies rather than speaking uprightly. (Selah)
52:6  You love all words that eat people up, you deceitful tongue!
52:7  This is why God will strike you down, seize you, pluck you from your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)
52:8  The righteous will see and be awestruck; they will jeer at him, saying,
52:9  “This fellow would not make God his refuge, but trusted in his own great wealth, relying on his evil plots.”