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Psalms 52

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ ⓐ Why brag about evil, you hero! ⓑ God’s faithful love is constant. ⓒ

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

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

⁴ You love any words that destroy, you treacherous 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

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

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.” [1] ⓘ

⁸ But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; ⓙ I trust in God’s faithful love 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. ⓛ

#	HCSB
1	ⓐ Why brag about evil, you hero! ⓑ God’s faithful love is constant. ⓒ
2	Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery. ⓓ
3	You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. ⓔ Selah
4	You love any words that destroy, you treacherous 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
6	The righteous will look on with awe and will ridicule him: ⓗ
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.” [1] ⓘ
8	But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; ⓙ I trust in God’s faithful love 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. ⓛ

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^{Psalms 52:1 [91]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{Psalms 52:3 [92]} The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.

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