Psalm 52:6 {51:8}
Good News Translation
Righteous people will see this and be afraid; then they will laugh at you and say,

New Revised Standard Version
The righteous will see, and fear, and will laugh at the evildoer, saying,

Contemporary English Version
When good people see this fearsome sight, they will laugh and say,

New American Bible
The righteous will see and they will fear; but they will laugh at him:

Douay-Rheims Bible
The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

righteous

Psalm 37:34 Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.

Psalm 64:9 And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and understood his doings.

Psalm 97:8 Sion heard, and was glad. And the daughters of Juda rejoiced, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

Job 22:19 The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

Malachi 1:5 And your eyes shall see: and you shall say: The Lord be magnified upon the border of Israel.

Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and shall adore in thy sight, because thy judgments are manifest.

Revelation 16:5-7 And I heard the angel of the waters saying: Thou art just, O Lord, who art and who wast, the Holy One, because thou hast judged these things. . . .

Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven and ye holy apostles and prophets. For God hath judged your judgment on her.

Revelation 19:1,2 After these things, I heard as it were the voice of much people in heaven, saying: Alleluia. Salvation and glory and power is to our God. . . .

and fear

Psalm 40:3 And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many shall see, and shall fear: and they shall hope in the Lord.

Psalm 119:120 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

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Psalm 58:10,11 The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. . . .

Isaiah 37:22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken of him: The virgin the daughter of Sion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged the head after thee.

Context
Why Do You Boast of Evil?
5Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living. 6The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:7Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.…
Cross References
Job 22:19
The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

Psalm 37:34
Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.

Psalm 40:3
And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many shall see, and shall fear: and they shall hope in the Lord.

Psalm 107:42
The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Psalm 52:5
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