| English Standard Version | Berean Standard Bible |
| 1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. | 1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. |
| 2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. | 2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. |
| 3You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah | 3You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah |
| 4You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. | 4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. |
| 5But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah | 5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah |
| 6The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying, | 6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying, |
| 7“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!” | 7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.” |
| 8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. | 8But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever. |
| 9I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly. | 9I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints. |
| ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. | This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. |
|
   
|