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Psalm 52:2-4
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52 1-4 Why do you brag of evil, “Big Man”?
    God’s mercy carries the day.
You scheme catastrophe;
    your tongue cuts razor-sharp,
    artisan in lies.
You love evil more than good,
    you call black white.
You love malicious gossip,
    you foul-mouth.

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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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