Thou lovest evil - This was a finished character. Let us note the particulars:
He boasted in the power to do evil. His tongue devised, studied, planned, and spoke mischiefs. He was a deceitful worker. He loved evil and not good. He loved lying; his delight was in falsity. Every word that tended to the destruction of others he loved. 7. His tongue was deceitful; he pretended friendship while his heart was full of enmity,
Psalm 52:1-4 . Now behold the punishment: -