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Psalms 11:5

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

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יְהוָה֮yehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).צַדִּ֪יקtsadiqjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).יִ֫בְחָ֥ןyivchanexamineבָּחַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “examine”, an unfinished actionH974to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigateexamine, prove, tempt, try (trial).וְ֭רָשָׁעverashaand guiltyרָשָׁעconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.וְאֹהֵ֣בveohevand loveאָהַבconjunction, verb, qal, participle, construct — “and love”, a verb used as a describing wordH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.חָמָ֑סchamasviolenceחָמָסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “violence”, the ordinary formH2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gaincruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.שָֽׂנְאָ֥הsaneahhateשָׂנֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “hate”, a completed actionH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.נַפְשֽׁוֹnafshvocreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

World English Bible

Yahweh examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.

Darby Translation

Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.

Douay-Rheims

Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριος ἐξετάζει τὸν δίκαιον καὶ τὸν ἀσεβῆ, ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν ἀδικίαν μισεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.