English Standard Version
Psalms 52:3
3You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
Psalms 52:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
- New Living Translation (NLT)You love evil more than good and lies more than truth. Interlude
Context of Psalms 52:3
1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day. 2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah 4You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. 5But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Read all of Psalms 52Psalms 52:3 word by word
אָהַ֣בְתָּ רָּ֣ע מִטּ֑וֹב שֶׁ֓קֶר׀ מִדַּבֵּ֖ר צֶ֣דֶק סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 52:3
- Jeremiah 4:22"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."
- Micah 3:2you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,
- Romans 1:25because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
- 2 Timothy 3:4treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
- Psalms 62:4They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah
- Jeremiah 9:3They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
- John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
- Revelation 22:15Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Commentaries on Psalms 52:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thou lovest evil - This was a finished character. Let us note the particulars: He boasted in the power to do evil. His tongue devised, studied, planned, and spoke mischiefs. He was a deceitful worker. He loved evil and not good. He loved lying; his delight was in falsity. Every word that tended to the destruction of others he loved. 7. His tongue was deceitful; he pretended friendship while his heart was full of enmity, Psalm 52:1-4. Now behold the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Thou lovest evil more than good - Thou dost prefer to do injury to others, rather than to do them good. In the case referred to, instead of aiding the innocent, the persecuted, and the wronged, he had attempted to reveal the place where he might be found, and where an enraged enemy might have an opportunity of wreaking his vengeance upon him. And lying rather than to speak righteousness - He preferred a lie to the truth; and, when he supposed that his own…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Dishonest speech can change a person's character.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91. mighty man--literally, "hero." Doeg may be thus addressed, ironically, in respect of his might in slander.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 52
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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