[1] Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long. [2] Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. [3] You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. [4] You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. [5] But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living, Selah. [6] So that the righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying, [7] “Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his destruction.” [8] But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. [9] I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will hope on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your holy ones.
