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Psalm 52:5–7

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5This 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. sSelah

6The righteous will look on with awe

and will ridicule him: t

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.” uv

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Footnotes

  1. u52:7 Or riches, and grew strong in his evil desire; his destruction

Cross references

  1. s52:5 Ps 27:13; Pr 2:22
  2. t52:6 Jb 22:19–20; Ps 37:34
  3. v52:7 Ps 10:6; 49:6; Pr 11:28

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,

“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!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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,

“Here now is the man

who did not make God his stronghold

but trusted in his great wealth

and grew strong by destroying others!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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 see and fear,

and they will derisively say about that hero,

“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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

Interlude

The righteous will see it and be amazed.

They will laugh and say,

“Look what happens to mighty warriors

who do not trust in God.

They trust their wealth instead

and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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,

“Look, the man who would not make God his refuge,

but he trusted in the greatness of his wealth;

he took refuge in his destructiveness.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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:

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength;

But trusted in the abundance of his riches,

And strengthened himself in his wickedness.