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Psalms 52

¹Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

²Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

³You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

⁴Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

⁵But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

⁶The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

⁷See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

⁸But I am like a branching olive-tree in the house of God; I have put my faith in his mercy for ever and ever.

⁹I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.

Psalms 52

¹Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.

²Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

³You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

⁴You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

⁵God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

⁶The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

⁷"Behold, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

⁸But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God's house. I trust in God's loving kindness forever and ever.

⁹I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your holy ones.