Text: English Standard Version

1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?

The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

2 Your tongue plots destruction,

like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

3 You love evil more than good,

and lying more than speaking what is right.

4 You love all words that devour,

O deceitful tongue.

5 But God will break you down forever;

He will snatch and tear you from your tent;

He will uproot you from the land of the living.

6 The righteous shall see and fear,

and shall laugh at him, saying,

7 “See the man who would not make

God his refuge,

but trusted in the abundance of his riches

and sought refuge in his own destruction!”

8 But I am like a green olive tree

in the house of God.

I trust in the steadfast love of God

forever and ever.

9 I will thank You forever,

because You have done it.

I will wait for Your name, for it is good,

in the presence of the godly.