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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.
4 You love all words that devour others, you deceitful tongue.
5 God will likewise 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.
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 God’s house; 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.
The Book of Psalms