1(For the one directing. A maskil of Dovid.

2When Do'eg HaAdomi [the Edomite] went to Sha'ul and said to him, Dovid has gone to Bais Achimelech)

3Why boastest thou thyself in ra'ah, O gibbor?
The chesed El is kol hayom.

4The leshon (tongue) deviseth treachery;
like a sharp ta'ar (razor), working remiyyah (deceit).

5Thou lovest rah more than tov;
and sheker rather than to speak tzedek.
Selah

6Thou lovest all devouring words,
O thou leshon mirmah (deceitful tongue).

7El shall likewise demolish thee for netzach (eternity),
He shall break thee, and pluck thee out of thy ohel,
and uproot thee out of the Eretz Chayyim.
Selah

8The tzaddikim also shall see, and fear,
and shall laugh at him:

9Hinei, this is the gever (man) that made not Elohim his ma'oz;
but trusted in the abundance of his osher (riches),
and strengthened himself in his treachery.

10But I am like a green zayit (olive tree)
in the Beis Elohim;
I trust in the chesed Elohim olam va'ed.

11I will give Thee thanks l'olam, because Thou hast done it;
and I will wait on Shimecha;
for it is tov before Thy chasidim.