Psalm 52: Like an Olive Tree

¹Why do you boast in mischief, mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually. ²Your tongue devises mischiefs, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. ³You love evil more than good, and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah. ⁴You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue. ⁵God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. ⁶The righteous also will see, and fear, and will laugh at him: ⁷"Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness." ⁸But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. ⁹I will praise you forever, because you have done it. And I will wait on your name, for it is good before your saints.