Your tongue devises (A)destruction,
Like a (B)sharp razor, (C)O worker of deceit.
You (D)love evil more than good,
(E)Falsehood more than speaking what is right. [a]Selah.
You love all words that devour,
O (F)deceitful tongue.

[b]But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and (G)tear you away from your tent,
And (H)uproot you from the (I)land of the living. Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:3 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  2. Psalm 52:5 Or Also