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Your tongue makes up threats.
It’s like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.
You prefer evil to good.
You prefer lying to speaking the truth. Selah
You love every destructive accusation, you deceitful tongue!

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You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)
You love evil(D) rather than good,
    falsehood(E) rather than speaking the truth.[a]
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.