Psalms 52:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Thou lovest evil more than good ... lying ... than ... righteousness - or justice: in direst defiance of Deuteronomy 16:20, margin.

Selah. The pause marks the close of the strophe.

As the first strophe (Psalms 52:1-3) showed the foe's character, so this second his punishment in kind.

Psalms 52:3

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