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World English Bible

Psalm 52 (WEBP)

[1] Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually.
[2] Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
[3] You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
[4] You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
[5] God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
[6] The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,
[7] “Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
[8] But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
[9] I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 52 (KJVS)

[1] Why boastest () thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endureth continually.
[2] Thy tongue deviseth () mischiefs; Like a sharp () razor, working () deceitfully.
[3] Thou lovest () evil more than good; And lying rather than to speak () righteousness. Selah.
[4] Thou lovest () all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
[5] God shall likewise destroy () thee for ever, He shall take thee away, () and pluck thee out () of thy dwelling place, and root thee out () of the land of the living. Selah.
[6] The righteous also shall see, () and fear, () And shall laugh () at him:
[7] Lo, this is the man that made () not God his strength; But trusted () in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened () himself in his wickedness.
[8] But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust () in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
[9] I will praise () thee for ever, because thou hast done () it: And I will wait () on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Psalm 52:4 Or, and the deceitful tongue
Psalm 52:5 Heb. beat thee down
Psalm 52:7 Or, substance

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 52 (BYZ)

[1] [51:1] εις το τελος συνεσεως τω δαυιδ [51:2] εν τω ελθειν δωηκ τον ιδουμαιον και αναγγειλαι τω σαουλ και ειπειν αυτω ηλθεν δαυιδ εις τον οικον αβιμελεχ [51:3] τι εγκαυχα εν κακια ο δυνατος ανομιαν ολην την ημεραν
[2] [51:4] αδικιαν ελογισατο η γλωσσα σου ωσει ξυρον ηκονημενον εποιησας δολον
[3] [51:5] ηγαπησας κακιαν υπερ αγαθωσυνην αδικιαν υπερ το λαλησαι δικαιοσυνην διαψαλμα
[4] [51:6] ηγαπησας παντα τα ρηματα καταποντισμου γλωσσαν δολιαν
[5] [51:7] δια τουτο ο θεος καθελει σε εις τελος εκτιλαι σε και μεταναστευσαι σε απο σκηνωματος και το ριζωμα σου εκ γης ζωντων διαψαλμα
[6] [51:8] και οψονται δικαιοι και φοβηθησονται και επ αυτον γελασονται και ερουσιν
[7] [51:9] ιδου ανθρωπος ος ουκ εθετο τον θεον βοηθον αυτου αλλ επηλπισεν επι το πληθος του πλουτου αυτου και εδυναμωθη επι τη ματαιοτητι αυτου
[8] [51:10] εγω δε ωσει ελαια κατακαρπος εν τω οικω του θεου ηλπισα επι το ελεος του θεου εις τον αιωνα και εις τον αιωνα του αιωνος
[9] [51:11] εξομολογησομαι σοι εις τον αιωνα οτι εποιησας και υπομενω το ονομα σου οτι χρηστον εναντιον των οσιων σου

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.