¹Why do you boast, O mighty one,
of mischief done against the godly?
All day long ²you are plotting destruction.
our tongue is like a sharp razor,
you worker of treachery.
³You love evil more than good,
and lying more than speaking the truth.
Selah

⁴You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
⁵But 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.
Selah

⁶The righteous will see, and fear,
and will laugh at the evildoer, saying,
⁷“See the one who would not take
refuge in God,
but trusted in abundant riches,
and sought refuge in wealth!”
⁸But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
⁹I will thank you forever,
because of what you have done.
In the presence of the faithful
I will proclaim your name, for it is good.