Dead Sea Scrolls Bible Translations
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Psalms 52 |
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Psalms 52 from Scroll 4Q85 Psalmsc 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 And 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
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