Psalm 52:4–5
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52:4You love to use all the words that destroy,6
and the tongue that deceives.
52:5Yet7 God will make you a permanent heap of ruins.8
He will scoop you up9 and remove you from your home;10
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
(Selah)
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- 6 Heb “you love all the words of swallowing.” Traditionally בַּלַּע (bala’) has been taken to mean “swallowing” in the sense of “devouring” or “destructive” (see 118 בָּלַע). III *בֶּלַע proposes a homonym here, meaning “confusion.” This would fit the immediate context nicely and provide a close parallel to the following line, which refers to deceptive words.
- 7 The adverb גַּם (gam, “also; even”) is translated here in an adversative sense (“yet”). It highlights the contrastive correspondence between the evildoer’s behavior and God’s response.
- 8 Heb “will tear you down forever.”
- 9 This rare verb (חָתָה, khatah) occurs only here and in Prov 6:27; 25:22; Isa 30:14.
- 10 Heb “from [your] tent.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
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
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NLTNew Living Translation
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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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
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
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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