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- 0:02Speaker 1: Psalm fifty two for the Chief Musician, a contemplation by
- 0:06Speaker 1: David when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, David
- 0:10Speaker 1: has come to a Bimelech's house. Why do you boast
- 0:14Speaker 1: of mischief? Mighty man, God's loving kindness endures continually. Your
- 0:19Speaker 1: tongue plots destruction like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. You
- 0:24Speaker 1: love evil more than good. Lying rather than speaking the truth,
- 0:29Speaker 1: you love all devouring words. You deceitful tongue. God will
- 0:33Speaker 1: likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up and
- 0:36Speaker 1: pluck you out of your tent and root you out
- 0:38Speaker 1: of the land of the living. The righteous also will
- 0:42Speaker 1: see it in fear and laugh at him, saying, behold,
- 0:45Speaker 1: this is the man who didn't make God his strength,
- 0:48Speaker 1: but trusted in the abundance of his riches and strengthen
- 0:51Speaker 1: himself in his wickedness. But as for me, I am
- 0:54Speaker 1: like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust
- 0:58Speaker 1: in God's loving kindness forever. I will give you thanks
- 1:02Speaker 1: forever because you have done it. I will hope in
- 1:05Speaker 1: your name, for it is good. In the presence of
- 1:07Speaker 1: your saints