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NASB | Psalm 5:5 The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 5:5 The boastful and the arrogant will not stand in Your sight; You hate all who do evil. |
Bible Question: Psalm 5:5 "for you hate all who do evil". My youth group and I are struggling with this one. They're not understanding how God can hate anyone if he's supposed to be a God of love. Can someone give me a way to explain it well? |
Bible Answer: "You hate all evildoers." In the following passage from Psalm 5, note the use of the words "not...not...hate...destroy...abhors." Psalm 5:4-6 (ESV) For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. [5] The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. [6] You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. "These 3 negatively phrased descriptions follow 3 directly stated affirmations. This reveals God's perfect standard of justice both in principle and in practice" (p. 746, MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997). Ps 7:11 KJV "God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day." Romans 5:1 (ESV) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The sinner may think he is not at war with God, but God is most certainly at war with the sinner. "*peace with God.* Not a subjective, internal sense of calm and serenity, but an external, objective reality. God has declared Himself to be at war with every human being because of man's sinful rebellion against Him and His law (Rom 5:10; compare Rom 1:18; 8:7; Ex 22:24; Deut 32:21,22; Ps 7:11, John 3:36; Eph 5:6)" (p. 1700, MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997). |