Psalms

Psalm 52:4–5

⁴You love every word that devours,

O deceitful tongue.

⁵Surely 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

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You love	אָהַ֥בְתָּ	’ā·haḇ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H157 love
every	כָֽל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
word	דִּבְרֵי־	diḇ·rê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1697 speech, word
that devours	בָ֗לַע	ḇā·la‘	Noun - masculine singular	H1105 swallowing, devouring, thing swallowed
O deceitful	מִרְמָֽה׃	mir·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H4820 deceit, treachery
tongue	לְשׁ֣וֹן	lə·šō·wn	Noun - common singular construct	H3956 tongue

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Surely	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
God	אֵל֮	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
will bring you down	יִתָּצְךָ֪	yit·tā·ṣə·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5422 pull down, break down
to everlasting ruin	לָ֫נֶ֥צַח	lā·ne·ṣaḥ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5331 eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity
He will snatch you up	יַחְתְּךָ֣	yaḥ·tə·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H2846 snatch up
and tear you away	וְיִסָּחֲךָ֣	wə·yis·sā·ḥă·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5255 pull or tear away
from	מֵאֹ֑הֶל	mê·’ō·hel	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H168 tent
He will uproot you	וְשֵֽׁרֶשְׁךָ֨	wə·šê·reš·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H8327 deal with the roots
from the land	מֵאֶ֖רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of the living	חַיִּ֣ים	ḥay·yîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living
Selah	סֶֽלָה׃	se·lāh	Interjection	H5542 lift up

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 52:4 Psalm 120:3 · James 3:6–9

Psalm 52:5 Proverbs 2:22 · Psalm 27:13 · Revelation 21:8 · Job 18:14 · Proverbs 12:19 · Isaiah 38:11 · Proverbs 19:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.