¹For the leader. A maskil of David,

²when Do’eg from Edom came and told Sha’ul, “David has arrived at the house of Achimelekh”:

³Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant,

when God’s mercy is present every day?

⁴Your tongue, as sharp as a razor,

plots destruction and works deception.

⁵You love evil more than good,

lies rather than speaking uprightly. (Selah)

⁶You love all words that eat people up,

you deceitful tongue!

⁷This is why God will strike you down,

seize you, pluck you from your tent

and uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

⁸The righteous will see and be awestruck;

they will jeer at him, saying,

⁹“This fellow would not make God his refuge,

but trusted in his own great wealth,

relying on his evil plots.”

¹⁰But I am like a leafy olive tree

in the house of God;

I put my trust in the grace of God

forever and ever.

¹¹I will praise you forever for what you have done,

and I will put my hope in your name;

for this is what is good

in the presence of your faithful.