To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.

They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: --

And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy is in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.

Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up the voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes Against the Holy One of Israel.

Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

And blesseth, etc

Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

'And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.

And Saul saith, 'Blessed are ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed is Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

Whom

For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding -- and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

Are there yet in the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?

Woe to him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

'What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,

And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

Put to death, then, your members that are upon the earth -- whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry --

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

Abhorreth

Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

And I have destroyed your high places, and cut down your images, and have put your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and My soul hath loathed you;

And Jehovah seeth and despiseth -- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

General references

And Saul saith, 'Blessed are ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;