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Psalms 52:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue. "
Psalms 52:4
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2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
4 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
5 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
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Psalms 52:1
"Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually."
Psalms 52:2
"Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully."
Psalms 52:3
"You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah."
Psalms 52:5
"God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah."
Psalms 52:6
"The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,"
Psalms 52:7
"“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”"
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