# Psalms 5.4
**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray. 3. O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.
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> **4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.**
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> 5. The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6. Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. (Psalms 5:2-6, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 2. Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray. 3. Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.
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> **4. For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.**
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> 5. The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity. 6. You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. (Psalms 5:2-6, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 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.
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> **4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.**
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> 5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. in: Heb. before thine eyes 6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. bloody: Heb. man of bloods and deceit (Psalms 5:2-6, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 2. Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually. 3. Jehovah, [at] morning Thou hearest my voice, [At] morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.
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> **4. For not a God desiring wickedness [art] Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.**
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> 5. The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity. 6. Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate. (Psalms 5:2-6, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous)
- **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion)
- **Location:** Israel, various periods
- **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC
## Theological reading
## Key words
- [H0410 - el](/codex/h0410-el/), *el* (Strong's H410). Also appears in: [Genesis 14.18-20](/codex/genesis-14-18-20/), [Genesis 16.7-13](/codex/genesis-16-7-13/), [Genesis 28](/codex/genesis-28/).
## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.
## Quoted in
**Arguments and defeaters:**
- [Evil as Privation of Good](/codex/evil-as-privation-of-good/)
**Concepts:**
- [Isaiah 45.7 I Create Evil](/codex/isaiah-45-7-i-create-evil/)