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         <div class="label">52</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, {or} a didactic {or} reflective poem. +[A Psalm+] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> WHY BOAST you of mischief done against the loving-kindness of God [and the godly], O mighty [sinful] man, day after day?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> Your tongue devises wickedness; it is like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> You love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness, justice, </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> right. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> You love all destroying </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> devouring words, O deceitful tongue.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> God will likewise break you down </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> destroy you forever; He will lay hold of you and pluck you out of your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> The [uncompromisingly] righteous also shall see [it] and be in reverent fear </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> awe, but about you they will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> See, this is the man who made not God his strength (his stronghold and high tower) but trusted in </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> confidently relied on the abundance of his riches, seeking refuge </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> security for himself through his wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> confidently rely on the loving-kindness </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> the mercy of God forever and ever.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> I will thank You </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> confide in You forever, because You have done it [delivered me and kept me safe]. I will wait on, hope in </span><span class="it"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> expect in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints (Your kind and pious ones).</span></span></div>
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1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation

WHY BOAST you of mischief done against the loving-kindness of God [and the godly], O mighty [sinful] man, day after day?
Your tongue devises wickedness; it is like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
You love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness, justice, and right. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
You love all destroying and devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
God will likewise break you down and destroy you forever; He will lay hold of you and pluck you out of your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
The [uncompromisingly] righteous also shall see [it] and be in reverent fear and awe, but about you they will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,
See, this is the man who made not God his strength (his stronghold and high tower) but trusted in and confidently relied on the abundance of his riches, seeking refuge and security for himself through his wickedness.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in and confidently rely on the loving-kindness and the mercy of God forever and ever.
I will thank You and confide in You forever, because You have done it [delivered me and kept me safe]. I will wait on, hope in and expect in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints (Your kind and pious ones).

සවන් දෙන්න Psalm 52