Psalms 5:5

"For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you."

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes God's righteousness and his abhorrence of evil, indicating that he does not derive pleasure from wicked behavior. It underscores the distinction between God’s character and that of sinners, highlighting his commitment to justice and moral purity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The foolish -Referring still to his enemies, as having this character, and urging the fact that they “had” such a character as a reason why God should hear him, and deliver him. The word “foolish” here,הולליםhôleliym, is used to denote the wicked, under the common idea in the Scriptures that sin is folly. ComparePsalms 14:1. It is rendered by Prof. Alexander, “the proud” or “insolent.” The Aramaic renders it “deriders;” Latin Vulgate: “unjust;” Septuagint “transgressors;” Gesenius, Lexicon, “proud.” So DeWette. The common idea, however, is the correct one, referring to the wicked under the idea that they were “fools,” as all sin is supreme folly.

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