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

Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.

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

Your tongue devises destruction, 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, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah

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

You love all devouring words, You 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 shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, 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 fear, And shall laugh at him, 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.”

“Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in 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 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 praise You forever, Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for it is good.