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Psalm 52

Psa. 52:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
b shall likewise γdestroy
nathats (Hebrew #5422)
to tear down
KJV usage: beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-thats'
Origin: a primitive root
thee for ever
netsach (Hebrew #5331)
or netsach {nay'-tsakh}; from 5329; properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view); --alway(-s), constantly, end, (+ n-)ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.
Pronounce: neh'-tsakh
, he shall take thee away
chathah (Hebrew #2846)
to lay hold of; especially to pick up fire
KJV usage: heap, take (away).
Pronounce: khaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and pluck thee out
nacach (Hebrew #5255)
to tear away
KJV usage: destroy, pluck, root.
Pronounce: naw-sakh'
Origin: a primitive root
of thy dwelling place
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
, andc root thee out
sharash (Hebrew #8327)
to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it
KJV usage: (take, cause to take) root (out).
Pronounce: shaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of the living
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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Prov. 19:5,9• 5A false witness shall not be unpunished,{HR}And an utterer of lies shall not escape.
 9A false witness shall not be held innocent,{HR}And one uttering lies shall perish. (Prov. 19:5,9)
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beat thee down.
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Prov. 2:22• 22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land,{HR}And the treacherous shall be plucked out of it. (Prov. 2:22)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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God.
Psa. 7:14‑16• 14Behold he travaileth [with] iniquity,{HR}And he hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood.
 15He hath dug a pit, and enlarged it,{HR}And he falleth into the pit which he maketh.
 16His mischief shall return upon his own head,{HR}And upon the crown of his head shall his violence come down. (Psa. 7:14‑16)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of corruption:{HR}Men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days.{HR}But for me, I will trust in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 64:7‑10• 7But God shall shoot at them:{HR}[With] an arrow suddenly the wounds have been theirs.
 8And they shall be made to stumble,{HR}Their own tongue against them;{HR}All that see them shall flee away.
 9And every man shall fear,{HR}And shall declare God's doing,{HR}And his work they shall understand.
 10The righteous one shall be glad in Jehovah,{HR}And trust in him;{HR}And all the upright in heart shall glory. (Psa. 64:7‑10)
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Psa. 120:2‑4• 2Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lip of lying,{HR}From a tongue of deceit.
 3What shall be given unto thee,{HR}What shall be added unto thee,{HR}O tongue of deceit?
 4A mighty one's arrows sharpened,{HR}With coals of broom. (Psa. 120:2‑4)
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Psa. 140:9‑11• 9[As for] the head of my surroundings,{HR}Let the mischief of their lips cover them.
 10Let burning coals be cast upon them;{HR}Let them be cast into the fire,{HR}Into deep water that they rise not.
 11A man of tongue shall not be established in the earth (land);{HR}A man of violence, evil shall hunt him to ruin (destruction). (Psa. 140:9‑11)
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Prov. 12:19• 19The lip of truth shall be established forever;{HR}But a lying tongue [is] but for a moment. (Prov. 12:19)
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Prov. 19:5,9• 5A false witness shall not be unpunished,{HR}And an utterer of lies shall not escape.
 9A false witness shall not be held innocent,{HR}And one uttering lies shall perish. (Prov. 19:5,9)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part {i}shall be{/i} in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)
destroy thee.
Heb. beat thee down.
pluck.
Psa. 37:35‑36• 35I have seen the wicked [man] strong{HR}And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
 36And he passeth away and behold he is not;{HR}And I seek him, and he is not found. (Psa. 37:35‑36)
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Job 18:14• 14His confidence shall be torn out of his tent,{HR}And shall march him off to the king of terrors; (Job 18:14)
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Job 20:6‑7• 6Though his height mount to the heavens,{HR}And his head reach the cloud,
 7Like his dung he perisheth forever;{HR}They that saw him shall say, Where [is] he? (Job 20:6‑7)
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Luke 16:27‑28• 27And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldst send him to the house of my father,
 28for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify unto them, that they also may not come to this place of torment. (Luke 16:27‑28)
root.
Prov. 2:22• 22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land,{HR}And the treacherous shall be plucked out of it. (Prov. 2:22)
the land.
Psa. 27:13• 13If I had not trusted{HR}To look upon the goodness of Jehovah{HR}In the land of the living! (Psa. 27:13)
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Psa. 116:9• 9I will walk before Jehovah in lands of the living. (Psa. 116:9)
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Isa. 38:11• 11I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. I shall not behold man longer with the inhabitants of the world. (Isa. 38:11)
• The psalmist foretells the overwhelming and final judgment of this wicked man, who will be rooted up out of the land of the living (cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Rev. 19:20). (“Psalm 52” by H. Smith)
• Assured that he cannot continue they foretell his doom (vs. 5-7). (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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*God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

W. Kelly Translation

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God shall likewise destroy thee forever;{HR}He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of tent,{HR}And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.