Why Do You Boast of Evil? For the choirmaster. A Maskila of David (beloved). After Doeg (fearing) the Edomite went to Saul (desired) and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech (my brother is king).” 1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. 2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, 3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. 4You love every word that devours, 5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. 6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, 7“Look at the man who did not make God {Elohim} his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.” 8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God {Elohim}; I trust in the loving devotion of God 9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints. Footnotes: 1 a Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. The Berean Annotated Bible (BAB) is the Annotated version of the Berean Standard Bible (BSB). The BAB includes over 50,000 points of emphasis using the following system: (Emphasis and Names) {Hebrew and Greek} [Alternate Manuscripts] \Literal translation/ <Measurements and Crossrefs> Second Person Plural: you⁺ your⁺ yours⁺ This version is an early draft and is now in the stage of proofing, consistency checking, and public comment. Please note that meanings for Biblical names are based on Hebrew and Greek roots and can be somewhat subjective. Feel free to Contact us with suggestions or corrections. We are still adding points of emphasis wherever helpful. |
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