Why do you Boast of Evil,
You Mighty Man?
Why do you Boast All Day Long.
You who are a Disgrace
In the Eyes of God.
2 Your Tongue Plots Destruction;
It is like a Sharp Razor.
You who Practice Deceit.
3 You Love Evil rather than Good,
Falsehood rather than Truth.
4 You Love Every Harmful Word,
O you Deceitful Tongue!
5 Surely God will Bring you Down
To Everlasting Ruin:
He will Snatch you Up
And Tear you from your Tent;
He will Uproot you
From the Land of the Living.
6 The Righteous will See and Fear;
They will Laugh at him, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
Who Did Not make God his Stronghold
But Trusted in his Great wealth
And Grew Strong
By Destroying others!”
8 But I am like an Olive Tree
Flourishing in the House of God;
I Trust in God’s Unfailing Love
For Ever and Ever.
9 I will Praise You
For what You have Done;
In Your Name I will Hope,
For Your Name is Good.
I will Praise You
In the Presence of Your Saints.
(Psalm 52, NIV)
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