3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.


In Context

1 To the Overseer. — An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

5 Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 52:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:3Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

52:3You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth. Selah

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

52:3Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

52:3Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

52:3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

52:3You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

52:3You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.