Psalms 5:4
(5:5) For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: evil cannot abide with thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
In Context
5(5:6) The arrogant cannot stand up before thy eyes: thou hatest all workers of wickedness.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:17And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.
Psalms 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou didst ween that I am like thyself; [but] I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thy eyes.”
Psalms 88:14(88:15) Why, O Lord, wilt thou cast off my soul? [why] wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 94:20Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?
Psalms 140:13(140:14) Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell before thy presence.
Malachi 2:17Ye have wearied the Lord with your words: yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? By your saying, Every one that doth evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and in them he findeth delight; or else, Where is the God of justice!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 5:2-7
Prayer for Guidance and Protection. 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord , consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:… Read the whole commentary →