1 Why dost thou boast thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of GOD, [lasteth] all the day.
2 Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;
3 Thou lovest Evil more than good, Falsehood, more than speaking righteousness. [Selah.]
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!
5 GOD also, will break thee down utterly, He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee, out of the land of the living. [Selah.]
6 The righteous shall both see and fear, And, over him, shall laugh:
7 Lo! the man who made not God his refuge,—But trusted in the abundance of his riches, Emboldened himself in his wealth!
8 But, I, am like a flourishing olive-tree, in the house of God, I have put confidence in the lovingkindness of God, for times age-abiding and beyond.
9 I will praise thee to times age-abiding, Because thou didst effectually work,—And I will wait on thy Name, Because it is good, In the presence of thy men of lovingkindness.
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Today's Verse
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
Verse Of The DayGod is said to root the deceiver out of the land of the living, while the psalmist declares himself 'like a green olive tree in the house of God,' a fruitful image paralleled at Psalms 92:12-14. The psalm closes waiting on God's name before the bleak assessment of Psalms 53.
