Psalm 52:1-4
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
Lord, is there any of this wicked spirit in me? Is there a love of gossip and a desire to see the sins and foibles of others exposed? Do I still seek to use my tongue to destroy rather than to encourage and build up? Do I use the failures of others as a camouflage for my own sins and errors?
Only thorough the power and working of the Holy Spirit, only through Your word exposing my sin to the light. Reveal and transform me, Lord.
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