| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, "David went to Ahimelech's house." Why brag about evil, you hero! God's faithful love is constant. | 1Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior? Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever? |
| 2Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery. | 2All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you’re an expert at telling lies. |
| 3You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah | 3You love evil more than good and lies more than truth. Interlude |
| 4You love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue! | 4You love to destroy others with your words, you liar! |
| 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 | 5But God will strike you down once and for all. He will pull you from your home and uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude |
| 6The righteous will look on with awe and will ridicule him:" | 6The righteous will see it and be amazed. They will laugh and say, |
| 7Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior." | 7“Look what happens to mighty warriors who do not trust in God. They trust their wealth instead and grow more and more bold in their 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 an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I will always trust in God’s unfailing love. |
| 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 you forever, O God, for what you have done. I will trust in your good name in the presence of your faithful people. |
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