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1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
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Mighty warrior, why do you brag about the evil you do? God's love will continue forever.
2 You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.
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You think up evil plans. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, making up lies.
3 You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
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You love wrong more than right and lies more than truth.Selah
4 You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
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You love words that bite and tongues that lie.
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.
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But God will ruin you forever. He will grab you and throw you out of your tent; he will tear you away from the land of the living.Selah
6 The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying,
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Those who do right will see this and fear God. They will laugh at you and say,
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!”
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"Look what happened to the man who did not depend on God but depended on his money. He grew strong by his evil plans."
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.
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But I am like an olive tree growing in God's Temple. forever and ever.
9 For what you have done I will always praise you in the presence of your faithful people. And I will hope in your name, for your name is good.
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God, I will thank you forever for what you have done. With those who worship you, I will trust you because you are good.