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You loveאָהַבְתָּevilרָּעmore than good,מִטּוֹבliesשֶׁקֶרmore than speakingמִדַּבֵּרrighteousness.צֶדֶקSelah.סֶלָה
Psalms 52:3
Study it in the app“You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking righteousness. Selah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 52:3, word by word
- You loveאָהַבְתָּahavta
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahavta” appears- evilרָּעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- more than goodטּוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears- liesשֶׁקֶרsheker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “sheker” appears- more than speakingדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears- Selahסֶלָהsela
Selah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears
The context
2Calamities your tongue devises, like a razor sharpened, working deceit.
3 · This verse (above)
4You love all words that devour, you tongue of deceit!