Futility of Boastful Wickedness.

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

The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

²Your tongue devises destruction,

Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

³You love evil more than good,

And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

⁴You love all words that devour,

O deceitful tongue.

⁵¶But God will break you down forever;

He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,

And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

⁶The righteous will see it and fear,

And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

⁷“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],

But trusted in the abundance of his riches,

Taking refuge in his wealth.”

⁸¶But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;

I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

⁹I will thank You forever, because You have done it, [You have rescued me and kept me safe].

I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.