Psalms 51:5-10

⁵Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.

⁶Thou hast loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue.

⁷Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.

⁸And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

⁹Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

¹⁰But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.