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| Psalms 52:1 | <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day? | Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually. |
| Psalms 52:2 | Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade. | Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. |
| Psalms 52:3 | You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.) | Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah |
| Psalms 52:4 | Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue. | Thou lovest all devouring words, thou deceitful tongue. |
| Psalms 52:5 | But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.) | God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah |
| Psalms 52:6 | The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you: | The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying], |
| Psalms 52:7 | See, 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. | Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness. |
| Psalms 52:8 | But I am like a branching olive-tree in the house of God; I have put my faith in his mercy for ever and ever. | But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever. |
| Psalms 52:9 | I 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. | I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it; And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints. Psalm 53 For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David. |
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