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Psalms 52

9 aligned verses; 9 with wording or punctuation differences .

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For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil , O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long .
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief , O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God `endureth' continually .
2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit .
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully .
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You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth . Selah
Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness . Selah
4
You love every word that devours , O deceitful tongue.
Thou lovest all devouring words , thou deceitful tongue.
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Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin ; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent ; He will uproot 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
6
The righteous will see and fear ; they will mock the evildoer , saying,
The righteous also shall see `it', and fear, And shall laugh at him, ` saying ' ,
7
“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge , but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction . ”
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 .
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But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God ; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever 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.
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I will praise You forever , because You have done it . I will wait on Your name — for it is good — in the presence of Your saints.
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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