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Psalms 52 (NET)

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¹ Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long! ² Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ³ You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah) ⁴ You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives. ⁵ Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah) ⁶ When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying: ⁷ "Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others." ⁸ But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love. ⁹ I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.