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Psalms 52

9 aligned verses; 9 with wording or punctuation differences .

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

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 .

Your tongue plots destruction , Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully .

Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit .

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

You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

You love all devouring words , You deceitful tongue.

You love every word that devours , O deceitful tongue.

God 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 .

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

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

The righteous will see and fear ; they will mock the evildoer , saying,

"Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength , But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness . "

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge , but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction . ”

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

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.

I 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 saints.

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.

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