Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man?
Why do you boast all day long, you who are
a disgrace in the eyes of God?
Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a
sharpened razor,
you who practice deceit.
You love evil rather than good, falsehood
rather than speaking the truth.
You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue!
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh
at him, saying,
“Here now is the man who did not make God his
stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and
grew strong by destroying others!”
Psalm 52: 1-7