Psalm 52

God Judges the Proud

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Why brag about evil, you hero!^(B)
God’s faithful love is constant.^(C)

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Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.^(D)

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You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully.^(E)Selah

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You love any words that destroy,
you treacherous tongue!^(F)

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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.^(G)Selah

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The righteous will look on with awe
and will ridicule him:^(H)

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“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.”^(a)^(I)

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But I am like a flourishing olive tree
in the house of God;^(J)
I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.^(K)

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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.^(L)

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 52:7: Or riches, and grew strong in his evil desire; lit his destruction

Cross references:

B. Psalm 52:1: Psalm 94:4

C. Psalm 52:1: Psalm 40:10-11; Psalm 138:2

D. Psalm 52:2: Psalm 5:9; Psalm 50:19; Psalm 59:7

E. Psalm 52:3: Psalm 58:3; Jeremiah 9:4-5

F. Psalm 52:4: Psalm 10:7; Proverbs 17:4

G. Psalm 52:5: Psalm 27:13; Proverbs 2:22

H. Psalm 52:6: Job 22:19-20; Psalm 37:34

I. Psalm 52:7: Psalm 10:6; Psalm 49:6; Proverbs 11:28

J. Psalm 52:8: Psalm 1:3; Psalm 128:3; Jeremiah 11:16

K. Psalm 52:8: Psalm 143:8

L. Psalm 52:9: Psalm 30:12; Psalm 54:6