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Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
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Your 1tongue plots destruction, like 2a sharp razor, you 3worker of deceit.
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You love evil more than good, and 4lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
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You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
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But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and 5tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from 6the land of the living. Selah
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The righteous shall 7see and fear, and shall 8laugh at him, saying,
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"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but 9trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"
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But I am like 10a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
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I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, 11for it is good, in the presence of the 12godly.