Psalms 5:4

"For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:

Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight;

Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies:

Jehovah abhorrest the bloodthirsty and deceitful man."

There are a number of interesting synonyms for wickedness in these verses: `evil,' `arrogant,' `workers of iniquity,' `liars,' `murderers,' and `deceivers.' "The arrogant" here were identified by Delitzsch as "foolish boasters."[3]

"Thou are not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness." This contrasts the true Deity with the pagan gods and goddesses who were represented by their advocates as being pleased with licentiousness and other forms of evil.

The wicked in this passage regardless of their many names have one thing in common. "God hates them." "Alas, what a portion have the wicked. God hates them"![4] But does not God love all men? Yes indeed. God's love potentially belongs to every man who was ever born, but the practice of wickedness alienates that love and changes it into hatred. Some would make it out that Jesus Christ has changed all of that; but the New Testament indicates no such change.

"God will destroy ... them that speak lies ... the bloodthirsty." Lying and murder appear to be specially hated by the Heavenly Father, as indicated by Jesus in John 8:14ff, where Satan himself is designated as the father of these very sins.

Regarding murderers, modern society is reaping the very violence and bloodshed that would have been prevented if human society had heeded God's commandment in Genesis 9:6, in which there stands the Divine Commandment to put murderers to death. That is not permission to do so, or a suggestion to that effect, it is a heavenly order! Let people see in our own nation this very day the result of society's failure to obey God in this particular.