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you plot harm;
    your tongue is like a sharpened razor,
    you master of deceit.
[a]You love evil rather than good,
    and lies rather than truthful speech. Selah
You wallow in destructive talk,
    you tongue of deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:5 The values of the wicked are distorted. He loves to think, speak, and do evil whenever he can profit from it (see v. 5; Mic 3:2). His entire being reflects the evil that is associated with the tongue (see Ps 120:2; Jas 3:1-12).