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Psalm 52:2-4
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2 You think up ·evil plans [L destruction].
    Your tongue is like a sharp razor [Prov. 18:21],
    making up ·lies [deception].
3 You love ·wrong [evil] more than ·right [good]
    and ·lies [falsehood] more than speaking the truth. ·Selah [Interlude]
4 You love words that ·bite [destroy; L swallow up]
    and ·tongues that lie [deceptive tongues; James 3:1–12].

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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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  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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