52
1
Why are you proud of making trouble, you mighty man?
The covenant faithfulness of God comes every day.
2
Your tongue plans destruction
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3
You love evil more than good
and lying rather than speaking righteousness.
Selah
4
You love all words that devour others,
you deceitful tongue.
5
God will surely destroy you forever;
he will take you up and pluck you out of your tent
and root you out of the land of the living.
Selah
6
The righteous will also see it and fear;
they will laugh at him and say,
7
"See, this is a man who did not make God his refuge,
but he trusted in the abundance of his wealth,
and he was strong when he destroyed others."
8
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I will trust in the covenant faithfulness of God forever and ever.
9
I will give you thanks forever for what you have done.
I will wait for your name, because it is good,
in the presence of your faithful ones.