1
Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior?
Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever?
2
All day long you plot destruction.
Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor;
you’re an expert at telling lies.
3
You love evil more than good
and lies more than truth.
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4
You love to destroy others with your words,
you liar!
5
But God will strike you down once and for all.
He will pull you from your home
and uproot you from the land of the living.
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6
The righteous will see it and be amazed.
They will laugh and say,
7
“Look what happens to mighty warriors
who do not trust in God.
They trust their wealth instead
and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”
8
But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.
9
I will praise you forever, O God,
for what you have done.
I will trust in your good name
in the presence of your faithful people.