1. [Gr. understanding] - Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day
2. thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
3. Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.
4. Thou has loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue.
5. Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.
6. And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,
7. Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.
8. But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.
9. I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before the saints.