52:4 You love to use all the words that destroy, 1
and the tongue that deceives.
52:5 Yet 2 God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. 3
He will scoop you up 4 and remove you from your home; 5
he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)
52:6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe,
and will mock the evildoer, saying: 6
52:7 “Look, here is the man who would not make 7 God his protector!
He trusted in his great wealth
and was confident about his plans to destroy others.” 8
52:8 But I 9 am like a flourishing 10 olive tree in the house of God;
I continually 11 trust in God’s loyal love.
52:9 I will continually 12 thank you when 13 you execute judgment; 14
I will rely 15 on you, 16 for your loyal followers know you are good. 17