| Christian Standard Bible | King James Bible |
| 1Why boast about evil, you hero! God's faithful love is constant. | 1To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. |
| 2Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery. | 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. |
| 3You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah | 3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. |
| 4You love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue! | 4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. |
| 5This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah | 5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. |
| 6The righteous will see and fear, and they will derisively say about that hero, | 6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: |
| 7"Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior." | 7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. |
| 8But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God's faithful love forever and ever. | 8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. |
| 9I will praise you forever for what you have done. In the presence of your faithful people, I will put my hope in your name, for it is good. | 9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. |
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