New Living Translation NLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior? Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever?
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Why do you brag of evil, "Big Man"? God's mercy carries the day.
2 All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you’re an expert at telling lies.
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You scheme catastrophe; your tongue cuts razor-sharp, artisan in lies.
3 You love evil more than good and lies more than truth. Interlude
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You love evil more than good, you call black white.
4 You love to destroy others with your words, you liar!
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You love malicious gossip, you foul-mouth.
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. Interlude
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God will tear you limb from limb, sweep you up and throw you out, Pull you up by the roots from the land of life.
6 The righteous will see it and be amazed. They will laugh and say,
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Good people will watch and worship. They'll laugh in relief:
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.”
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"Big Man bet on the wrong horse, trusted in big money, made his living from catastrophe."
8 But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I will always trust in God’s unfailing love.
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And I'm an olive tree, growing green in God's house. I trusted in the generous mercy of God then and now.
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.
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I thank you always that you went into action. And I'll stay right here, your good name my hope, in company with your faithful friends.
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