Psalm 52:5 “Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you…”

Psalm 52:5

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah

Geneva Bible 1599

So shall God destroy thee for euer: he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. Selah.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

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Cross references

“God”

Revelation 21:8 Proverbs 12:19 Proverbs 19:9 Psalm 7:14–16 Psalm 55:23 Psalm 64:7–10

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Proverbs 12:19 · BSB

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 19:9 · BSB

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.

Psalm 7:14–16 · BSB

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Psalm 64:7–10 · BSB

But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

“pluck”

Job 18:14 Psalm 37:35 Psalm 37:36 Job 20:6 Job 20:7 Luke 16:27

Job 18:14 · BSB

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

Psalm 37:35 · BSB

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

Psalm 37:36 · BSB

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

Job 20:6 · BSB

Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

Job 20:7 · BSB

he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

Luke 16:27 · BSB

‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

“root”

Proverbs 2:22

Proverbs 2:22 · BSB

but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

“the land”

Psalm 27:13 Isaiah 38:11 Psalm 116:9

Psalm 27:13 · BSB

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Isaiah 38:11 · BSB

I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

Psalm 116:9 · BSB

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Also

Isaiah 22:19

Isaiah 22:19 · BSB

I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

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