For the director of music. A maskil of David when Doeg, who was from Edom, had gone to Saul. Doeg had told Saul, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”

¹You think you are such a big, strong man!

Why do you brag about the evil things you’ve done?

You are a dishonor to God all the time.

²You plan ways to destroy others.

Your tongue is like a blade that has a sharp edge.

You are always telling lies.

³You love evil instead of good.

You would rather lie than tell the truth. Selah

⁴You love to harm others with your words, you liar!

⁵So God will destroy you forever.

He will grab hold of you and throw you out of your tent.

He will remove you from this life. Selah

⁶Those who do what is right will see it and learn a lesson from it.

They will laugh at you and say,

⁷“Just look at this fellow!

He didn’t depend on God for his safety.

He put his trust in all his wealth.

He grew strong by destroying others!”

⁸But I am like a healthy olive tree.

My roots are deep in the house of God.

I trust in your faithful love

for ever and ever.

⁹I will praise you forever for what you have done.

I will put my hope in you because you are good.

I will praise you when I’m with your faithful people.

Psalm 53

For the director of music. For mahalath. A maskil of David.

¹Foolish people say in their hearts,

“There is no God.”

They do all kinds of horrible and evil things.

No one does anything good.

²God looks down from heaven

on all people.

He wants to see if there are any who understand.

He wants to see if there are any who trust in God.

³All of them have turned away.

They have all become evil.

No one does anything good,

no one at all.

⁴Won’t those who do evil ever learn?

They eat up my people as if they were eating bread.

They don’t call out to God for help.

⁵Just look at them! They are filled with terror

even when there is nothing to be afraid of!

People of Israel, God will scatter the bones of those who attack you.

You will put them to shame, because God hates them.

⁶How I pray that the One who saves Israel will come out of Zion!

God will bless his people with great success again.

So let the people of Jacob be filled with joy! Let Israel be glad!

Psalm 54

For the director of music. To be played on stringed instruments. A maskil of David when the men from Ziph had gone to Saul. They had said, “Isn’t David hiding among us?”

¹God, save me by your power.

Set me free by your might.

²God, hear my prayer.

Listen to what I’m saying.

³Strangers are attacking me.

Mean people are trying to kill me.

They don’t care about God. Selah

⁴But I know that God helps me.

The Lord is the one who keeps me going.

⁵My enemies tell lies about me.

Do to them the evil things they planned against me.

God, be faithful and destroy them.

⁶I will sacrifice an offering to you

just because I choose to.

Lord, I will praise your name

because it is good.

⁷You have saved me from all of my troubles.

With my own eyes I have seen you win the battle over my enemies.

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