1Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?Why do you boast all day long,you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2You who practice deceit,your tongue plots destruction;it is like a sharpened razor.
3You love evil rather than good,falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
4You love every harmful word,you deceitful tongue!
5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6The righteous will see and fear;they will laugh at you, saying,
7“Here now is the manwho did not make God his strongholdbut trusted in his great wealthand grew strong by destroying others!”
8But I am like an olive treeflourishing in the house of God;I trust in God’s unfailing lovefor ever and ever.
9For what you have done I will always praise youin the presence of your faithful people.And I will hope in your name,for your name is good.