Psalms 5:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

Psalms 5:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 11:5
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Malachi 2:17
Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Revelation 21:27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Psalms 50:21
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Topics

Depravity of Man Guilt Popular Sins Rebellion Sin

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

The title of this psalm has nothing in it peculiar but that it is said to be upon Nehiloth, a word nowhere else used. It is conjectured (and it is but a conjecture) that is signifies wind —instruments, with which this psalm was sung, as Neginoth was supposed to signify the stringed —instruments. In Ps. 5:1-6 David had an eye to God, I. As a prayer-hearing God; such he has always been ever since me…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. For, &c.--God only regards sincere worshippers. evil--or, “the evil man.” dwell--lodge, remain under protection.