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Psalm 52:6–7

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6The righteous will see and fear

and will laugh at the evildoer,d saying,*

7“See the one who would not take

refuge in God

but trusted in abundant riches

and sought refuge in wealth!”e*

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Footnotes

  1. dHeb him
  2. eSyr Tg: Heb in his destruction

Cross references

  1. *Ps 37:34; 40:3
  2. *Ps 49:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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)

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

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

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

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

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.