Psalms 52:5

5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.

Psalms 52:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
ESV
5 But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
NLT
5 But God will strike you down once and for all. He will pull you from your home and uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude
MSG
5 God will tear you limb from limb, sweep you up and throw you out, Pull you up by the roots from the land of life.
CSB
5 This is why God will bring you down forever. He will take you, ripping you out of your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalms 52:5 In-Context

3 You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
4 You love every harmful word, you deceitful tongue!
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin: He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6 The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!”

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 29:28; S Job 40:12; Isaiah 22:19; Ezekiel 17:24
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 28:63; Proverbs 2:22
  • 3. S Job 28:13; Psalms 27:13
Scripture quoted by permission.  Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide.