Psalms

Psalm 5:5–6

⁵The boastful cannot stand in Your presence;

You hate all workers of iniquity.

⁶You destroy those who tell lies;

the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The boastful	הֽ֭וֹלְלִים	hō·wl·lîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H1984 shine
cannot	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
stand	יִתְיַצְּב֣וּ	yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣə·ḇū	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3320 set or station oneself, take one's stand
in Your presence	עֵינֶ֑יךָ	‘ê·ne·ḵā	Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye
You hate	שָׂ֝נֵ֗אתָ	śā·nēʾ·t̲ā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H8130 hate
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
workers	פֹּ֥עֲלֵי	pō·‘ă·lê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H6466 do, make
of iniquity	אָֽוֶן׃	’ā·wen	Noun - masculine singular	H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You destroy	תְּאַבֵּד֮	tə·’ab·bêḏ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6 perish
those who tell	דֹּבְרֵ֪י	dō·ḇə·rê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H1696 speak
lies	כָ֫זָ֥ב	ḵā·zāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3577 lie, falsehood, deceptive thing
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
abhors	יְתָ֘עֵ֥ב׀	yə·ṯā·‘êḇ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8581 loathe, detest
the man	אִישׁ־	’îš-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of bloodshed	דָּמִ֥ים	dā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1818 blood
and deceit	וּמִרְמָ֗ה	ū·mir·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H4820 deceit, treachery

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 5:5 Psalm 11:5 · Psalm 1:5 · Hosea 9:15 · Proverbs 6:16–19 · Matthew 25:41 · Leviticus 20:23 · Proverbs 1:7 · Proverbs 8:5 · Habakkuk 1:13 · Psalm 75:4 · Zechariah 11:8 · Matthew 7:23

Psalm 5:6 Revelation 21:8 · Psalm 55:23 · Revelation 22:15 · Isaiah 26:21 · Genesis 34:25–26 · Psalm 4:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.