1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God? |
2 Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit. |
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
Selah |
4 You love every harmful word,
O you deceitful tongue! |
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah |
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at him, saying, |
7 "Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!" |
8 But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God's unfailing love
for ever and ever. |
9 I will praise you forever for what you have done;
in your name I will hope, for your name is good.
I will praise you in the presence of your saints. |
