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

Why boast you of mischief done against the loving-kindness of God, O mighty man, day after day?

2 Y our tongue makes plans to destroy like a sharp knife, you who lie.

Your tongue devises wickedness; it is like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3 Y ou love what is bad more than what is good, and you speak lies more than you speak the truth.

You love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness, justice, and right. Selah!

4 Y ou love all words that destroy, O lying tongue.

You love all destroying and devouring words, O deceitful tongue.

5 B ut 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.

God will likewise break you down and destroy you forever; He will lay hold of you and pluck you out of your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah!

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

The righteous also shall see and be in reverent fear and awe, but about you they will laugh, saying,

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

See, this is the man who made not God his strength (his stronghold and high tower) but trusted in and confidently relied on the abundance of his riches, seeking refuge and security for himself through his wickedness.

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

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

9 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.

I will thank You and confide in You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on, hope in and expect in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints (Your kind and pious ones).