1 W hy do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.

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

2 Y our tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3 Y ou love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah

4 Y ou love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

You love all devouring words, You deceitful tongue.

5 G od will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

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 T he righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

The righteous also shall see and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying,

7 “ Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

“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 as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness 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 you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.

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.