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1Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?
God’s loving kindness endures continually.
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2Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
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3You love evil more than good,
lying rather than speaking the truth.
Selah.
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4You love all devouring words,
you deceitful tongue.
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5God 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.
Selah.
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6The righteous also will see it, and fear,
and laugh at him, saying,
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7“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
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8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house.
I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
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9I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.
I will hope in your name, for it is good,
in the presence of your saints.
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