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Psalm 52:2-4
Contemporary English Version

2 You plan brutal crimes,
and your lying words cut
    like a sharp razor.
3 You would rather do evil
than good, and tell lies
    than speak the truth.
4 You love to say cruel things,
    and your words are a trap.

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Psalm 52:2-4
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2 You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)
3 You love evil(D) rather than good,
    falsehood(E) rather than speaking the truth.[a]
4 You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.
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