
52 - Quid gloriaris?

1   Why do you boast, you tyrant, *
    that you can do evil;

2   Whereas the goodness of God *
    endures all the day long?

3   Your tongue devises wickedness, *
    and with lies you cut like a sharp razor.

4   You have loved unrighteousness more than goodness *
    and to utter lies more than truth.

5   You have loved to speak all words that hurt, *
    O you deceitful tongue.

6   Therefore, God shall destroy you for ever; *
    he shall catch you, and pluck you out of your dwelling, and root you out of the land of the living.

7   The righteous also shall see this and fear, *
    and shall laugh him to scorn:

8   “Behold, this is the one who did not take God for his strength, *
    but trusted in the multitude of his riches and relied on his wickedness.”

9   As for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; *
    my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.

10  I will always give thanks unto you for what you have done, *
    and I will declare your Name among the faithful, for it is good.
