The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 52:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thou lovest evil more than good. To "love evil" is to have reached the lowest depth of depravity. It is to say, with Milton's Satan, "Evil, be thou my good!" And lying rather than to speak righteousness (see the comment on Psalms 52:2).

Doeg's crimes seem to have arisen out of a mere love of evil.

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