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 goodand lies more than truth.Interlude
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 homeand uproot you from the land of the living.Interlude
6 The righteous will see it and be amazed.They will laugh and say,
7 “Look what happens to mighty warriorswho do not trust in God.They trust their wealth insteadand 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 namein the presence of your faithful people.