[1] Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long. [2] Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. [3] You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah) [4] You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives. [5] Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah) [6] When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying: [7] "Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector. He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others." [8] But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love. [9] I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.
