A moment in scripture
Psalms 5:4
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For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 5:2
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
- Psalms 5:3
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
- Psalms 5:5
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
- Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.