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You love to say cruel words.
    You speak to deceive others.
But God will knock you down,
    and he will break you into pieces.
He will take you away from your home.
He will remove you from this world where people live.
Selah.
Righteous people will see what has happened,
    and they will be afraid.[a]
Then they will laugh at the wicked person,
    and they will say,

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Footnotes

  1. 52:6 When God does a powerful thing, it often makes us afraid. But when we begin to understand what he has done, we are happy! We know that God always does what is right.

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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