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Psalm 52

1 Why brag about evil, you hero! God's faithful love is constant.

1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

2 Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.

2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

3 You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah

3 You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah

4 You love any words that destroy, you treacherous tongue!

4 You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

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

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

6 The righteous will look on with awe and will ridicule him:

6 The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,

7 "Here is the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, taking refuge in his destructive behavior."

7 “See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction! ”

8 But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God's faithful love forever and ever.

8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.

9 I will praise You forever for what You have done. In the presence of Your faithful people, I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.

9 I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.