1 (For the one directing. A maskil of Dovid. 2 When Do’eg HaAdomi [the Edomite] went to Sha’ul and said to him, Dovid has gone to Bais Achimelech)

3 Why boastest thou thyself in ra’ah, O gibbor?

The chesed El is kol hayom.

4 The leshon (tongue) deviseth treachery;

like a sharp ta’ar (razor), working remiyyah (deceit).

5 Thou lovest rah more than tov;

and sheker rather than to speak tzedek.

Selah

6 Thou lovest all devouring words,

O thou leshon mirmah (deceitful tongue).

7 El 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

8 The tzaddikim also shall see, and fear,

and shall laugh at him:

9 Hinei, 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.

10 But I am like a green zayit (olive tree)

in the Beis Elohim;

I trust in the chesed Elohim olam va’ed.

11 I will give Thee thanks l’olam, because Thou hast done it;

and I will wait on Shimecha;

for it is tov before Thy chasidim.