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    "chapter": 52
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    "n": 52,
    "bookSlug": "psalms",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PSA-52:1",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.1",
        "text": "Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PSA-52:2",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.2",
        "text": "Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PSA-52:3",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.3",
        "text": "Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness.     Selah"
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PSA-52:4",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.4",
        "text": "Thou lovest all devouring words, thou deceitful tongue."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PSA-52:5",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.5",
        "text": "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"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PSA-52:6",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.6",
        "text": "The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying],"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PSA-52:7",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.7",
        "text": "Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PSA-52:8",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.8",
        "text": "But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house       of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PSA-52:9",
        "verseRef": "Ps.52.9",
        "text": "I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done       it; And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of       thy saints.           Psalm 53  For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David."
      }
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