You love any words that destroy,
you treacherous tongue!(A)

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.(B)Selah
The righteous will see and fear,
and they will derisively say about that hero,[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 52:6 Lit about him

You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(A)

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)
The righteous will see and fear;
    they will laugh(E) at you, saying,

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