Psa 5:5-6 | KingComments | STEP | Through his fellowship with God in prayer and his expectant anticipation of its answer, the psalmist also sees how God thinks about the wicked and their various forms of wickedness. The use of the words “not”, “no”, and again “not” in makes it clear that God cannot have fellowship with evil. Those who have fellowship with God share in His feelings about evil (cf. ). David begins to say that God is not a God Who takes pleasure in wickedness ( ). Sin does not give joy, but disturbs every joy and renders it impossible as long as sin is not confessed and refrained from. “No evil” that is the one who practices evil, may have the thought that he is very religious. With the evil-doer we can think of Absalom, and of him of whom he is a picture, the antichrist. He may assume that he has a right to be in God’s presence, but there is no question of that. He will not “dwell” there. God and evil do not go together. In the question, “for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness?” ( ) lies the answer. In , David names a whole category of people whom he refers to as the “boastful”. They may imagine themselves to be wise and clever, but in reality they are insolent fools because they do not take God into account. They do not “stand” before God’s eyes. They have no support or hold anywhere when they are judged, but fall over. The entire crowd that captures the Lord Jesus is forced to fall down before Him when He merely utters His name “I am” ( ). God “hates”, “destroys” and “abhors” ( ) the wicked. He “hates all who do iniquity” (cf. ). God is love, yes, but never does His love come at the expense of His justice. His love is evidenced by His patience and the gift of His Son to everyone who believes in Him. Those who reject that offer of grace fall into the hands of the living God. And that is terrible ( ). He hates not only sin, but also sinners who persist in evil. Sinners are judged according to their works, and because of their works they are thrown into the lake of fire ( ). Also “those who speak falsehood” are put to death by God. God is the God of truth. Liars are not in fellowship with Him. They follow the father of lies the devil ( ). When we think of “the man of bloodshed and deceit”, we can think again first of all of Absalom. He is a follower of the devil, who is “a murderer from beginning” and “speaks a lie” ( ). It also applies to the man in whom the devil reveals himself fully, “the man of lawlessness … the son of destruction”, which is the antichrist ( ). ‘Bloodshed and deceit’ are the two main characteristics of the devil and the antichrist. ‘Bloodshed’ indicates violence, murder. ‘Deceit’ points to lies, deception, lust. We find them both when sin enters the world. The first sin is satan deceiving Eve through lies and lust ( ). The second sin is that of violence, Cain’s murder of Abel ( ). All sins can be traced back to one of these two characteristics (cf. ).

‏ Psalms 5:5-6

What God Hates and Abhors

Through his fellowship with God in prayer and his expectant anticipation of its answer, the psalmist also sees how God thinks about the wicked and their various forms of wickedness. The use of the words “not”, “no”, and again “not” in Psa 5:4-5 makes it clear that God cannot have fellowship with evil. Those who have fellowship with God share in His feelings about evil (cf. 1Cor 13:6).

David begins to say that God is not a God Who takes pleasure in wickedness (Psa 5:4). Sin does not give joy, but disturbs every joy and renders it impossible as long as sin is not confessed and refrained from.

“No evil” that is the one who practices evil, may have the thought that he is very religious. With the evil-doer we can think of Absalom, and of him of whom he is a picture, the antichrist. He may assume that he has a right to be in God’s presence, but there is no question of that. He will not “dwell” there. God and evil do not go together. In the question, “for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness?” (2Cor 6:14) lies the answer.

In Psa 5:5, David names a whole category of people whom he refers to as the “boastful”. They may imagine themselves to be wise and clever, but in reality they are insolent fools because they do not take God into account. They do not “stand” before God’s eyes. They have no support or hold anywhere when they are judged, but fall over. The entire crowd that captures the Lord Jesus is forced to fall down before Him when He merely utters His name “I am” (Jn 18:6).

God “hates”, “destroys” and “abhors” (Psa 5:5-6) the wicked. He “hates all who do iniquity” (cf. Heb 1:9a). God is love, yes, but never does His love come at the expense of His justice. His love is evidenced by His patience and the gift of His Son to everyone who believes in Him. Those who reject that offer of grace fall into the hands of the living God. And that is terrible (Heb 10:31). He hates not only sin, but also sinners who persist in evil. Sinners are judged according to their works, and because of their works they are thrown into the lake of fire (Rev 20:12-14).

Also “those who speak falsehood” are put to death by God. God is the God of truth. Liars are not in fellowship with Him. They follow the father of lies the devil (Jn 8:44a). When we think of “the man of bloodshed and deceit”, we can think again first of all of Absalom. He is a follower of the devil, who is “a murderer from beginning” and “speaks a lie” (Jn 8:44b). It also applies to the man in whom the devil reveals himself fully, “the man of lawlessness … the son of destruction”, which is the antichrist (2Thes 2:3).

‘Bloodshed and deceit’ are the two main characteristics of the devil and the antichrist. ‘Bloodshed’ indicates violence, murder. ‘Deceit’ points to lies, deception, lust. We find them both when sin enters the world. The first sin is satan deceiving Eve through lies and lust (Gen 3:1-7). The second sin is that of violence, Cain’s murder of Abel (Gen 4:8). All sins can be traced back to one of these two characteristics (cf. Gen 6:11).