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Psalm 52:4-6
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4 You and your lying tongue love to hurt people.
5 So God will ruin you forever!
    He will grab you and pull you from your home,[a] like someone pulling up a plant by the roots![b] Selah

6 Good people will see this
    and learn to fear and respect God.
They will laugh at you and say,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:5 home This means the body. This is a poetic way of saying, “God will end your life here on earth.”
  2. Psalm 52:5 like someone … roots Literally, “He will root you up from the land of the living.” This also means “He will kill you and your descendants.”
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Psalm 52:4-6
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4 You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(A)

5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    He will snatch you up and pluck(B) you from your tent;
    he will uproot(C) you from the land of the living.(D)
6 The righteous will see and fear;
    they will laugh(E) at you, saying,

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