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Psalms 52

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

1 Why do you brag of evil, "Big Man"? God's mercy carries the day.

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

2 You scheme catastrophe; your tongue cuts razor-sharp, artisan in lies.

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

3 You love evil more than good, you call black white.

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

4 You love malicious gossip, you foul-mouth.

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

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.

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

6 Good people will watch and worship. They'll laugh in relief:

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!"

7 "Big Man bet on the wrong horse, trusted in big money, made his living from catastrophe."

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.

8 And I'm an olive tree, growing green in God's house. I trusted in the generous mercy of God then and now.

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.

9 I thank you always that you went into action. And I'll stay right here, your good name my hope, in company with your faithful friends.

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