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Psalm 52:3–6

3 You alove evil more than good,

bFalsehood more than speaking what is right.

1Selah.

4 You love all words that devour,

O adeceitful tongue.

5 1But God will break you down forever;

He will snatch you up and atear you away from your tent,

And buproot you from the cland of the living.

Selah.

6 The righteous will asee and fear,

And will blaugh at him, saying,

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Psalm 52:3–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

You love evil rather than good,

falsehood rather than speaking the truth.

You love every harmful word,

you deceitful tongue!

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:

He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;

he will uproot you from the land of the living.

The righteous will see and fear;

they will laugh at you, saying,

Psalm 52:3–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

You love evil more than good,

and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah

You love all words that devour,

O deceitful tongue.

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

The righteous shall see and fear,

and shall laugh at him, saying,

Psalm 52:3–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Thou lovest evil more than good;

And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

Thou lovest all devouring words,

O thou deceitful tongue.

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever,

He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place,

And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

The righteous also shall see, and fear,

And shall laugh at him:

Psalm 52:3–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

You love evil more than good

and lies more than truth.

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You love to destroy others with your words,

you liar!

But God will strike you down once and for all.

He will pull you from your home

and uproot you from the land of the living.

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The righteous will see it and be amazed.

They will laugh and say,

Psalm 52:3–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

You love evil more than good,

Lying rather than speaking righteousness.

Selah

You love all devouring words,

You deceitful tongue.

God shall likewise destroy you forever;

He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,

And uproot you from the land of the living.

Selah

The righteous also shall see and fear,

And shall laugh at him, saying,

Psalm 52:3–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

You love wrong more than right

and lies more than truth.

Selah

You love words that bite

and tongues that lie.

But God will ruin you forever.

He will grab you and throw you out of your tent;

he will tear you away from the land of the living.

Selah

Those who do right will see this and fear God.

They will laugh at you and say,

Psalm 52:3–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Thou lovest evil more than good,

And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah

Thou lovest all devouring words,

O thou deceitful tongue.

God will likewise destroy thee for ever;

He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,

And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

The righteous also shall see it, and fear,

And shall laugh at him, saying,

Psalm 52:3–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue! •God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

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

Psalm 52:3–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

You prefer evil to good. 

You prefer lying to speaking the truth. 

Selah 

You love every destructive accusation, you deceitful tongue! 

But God will ruin you forever. 

He will grab you and drag you out of your tent. 

He will pull your roots out of this world of the living. 

Selah 

Righteous people will see ⸤this⸥ and be struck with fear. 

They will laugh at you and say, 

Psalm 52:3–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

You love evil instead of good,

lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah

You love any words that destroy,

you treacherous tongue!

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

The righteous will look on with awe

and will ridicule him:

Psalm 52:3–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

You love evil more than good,

and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah

You love all words that devour,

O deceitful tongue.

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

The righteous will see, and fear,

and will laugh at the evildoer, saying,

Psalm 52:3–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

You love evil more than good,

a lie more than speaking what is right. Selah

You love all devouring words,

O deceitful tongue,

but God will pull you down forever.

He will snatch you and tear you away from your tent,

and he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

And the righteous will see and fear,

and will laugh at him, saying,

Psalm 52:3–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You love evil instead of good.

You would rather lie than tell the truth. Selah

You love to harm others with your words, you liar!

So God will destroy you forever.

He will grab hold of you and throw you out of your tent.

He will remove you from this life. Selah

Those who do what is right will see it and learn a lesson from it.

They will laugh at you and say,


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