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Psalms 51
Septuagint (LXX2012) 51 compared with King James Version 52
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1(52) For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [your] mischief? All the day
1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
2your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit.
2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4You have loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue.
4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5Therefore may God destroy you for ever, may he pluck you up and utterly remove you from [your] dwelling , and your root from the land of the living. Pause.
5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
6And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
8But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.
8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9I will give thanks to you for ever, for you have done [it]: and I will wait on your name; for [it is] good before the saints.
9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.