1 W hy do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Why do you take pride in wrong-doing, O powerful man? The loving-kindness of God lasts all day long.

2 Y our tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Your tongue makes plans to destroy like a sharp knife, you who lie.

3 Y ou love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

You love what is bad more than what is good, and you speak lies more than you speak the truth.

4 Y ou love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

You love all words that destroy, O lying tongue.

5 B ut 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.

But God will destroy you forever. He will pick you up and pull you away from your tent. He will pull up your roots from the land of the living.

6 T he righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying,

And those who are right will see and be afraid. They will laugh at him, saying,

7 “ Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire.”

“Look, the man who would not make God his safe place, but trusted in his many riches and was strong in his sinful desire.”

8 B ut 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.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving-kindness of God forever and ever.

9 I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.

I will give You thanks forever because of what You have done. And I will hope in Your name, for it is good to be where those who belong to You are.