Psalm 97:10 {96:10}
Good News Translation
The LORD loves those who hate evil; he protects the lives of his people; he rescues them from the power of the wicked.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD loves those who hate evil; he guards the lives of his faithful; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

Contemporary English Version
Love the LORD and hate evil! God protects his loyal people and rescues them from violence.

New American Bible
You who love the LORD, hate evil, he protects the souls of the faithful, rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

Douay-Rheims Bible
You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.

ye that

Psalm 91:14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

Romans 8:28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.

1 Corinthians 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known by him.

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him.

James 2:5 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

1 John 4:19 Let us therefore love God: because God first hath loved us.

1 John 5:2,3 In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep his commandments. . . .

hate

Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.

Psalm 36:4 He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.

Psalm 37:27 Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.

Psalm 101:3 I will not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

Psalm 119:104,163 By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity. . . .

Proverbs 3:7 For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.

Proverbs 8:13 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

Amos 5:15 Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

Romans 7:15,24 For that which I work, I understand not. For I do not that good which I will: but the evil which I hate, that I do. . . .

Romans 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good,

preserveth

Psalm 31:23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

Psalm 37:28,39,40 For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish. . . .

Psalm 145:20 The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.

Proverbs 2:8 Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

Isaiah 45:17 Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.

John 20:28-30 Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God. . . .

Romans 8:28-30 And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. . . .

1 Peter 1:5 Who, by the power of God, are kept by faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.

delivereth

Psalm 125:3 For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity.

Jeremiah 15:21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.

Daniel 3:28 For thou hast executed true judgments in all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers: for according to truth and judgment, thou hast brought all these things upon us for our sins.

Daniel 6:22,27 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him justice hath been found in me: yea, and before thee, O king, I have done no offence. . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus shall kill with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: him . . .

2 Thessalonians 3:2 And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men: for all men have not faith.

1 John 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him and the wicked one toucheth him not.

Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth adored him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb which was slain from the beginning of the world.

Context
Let the Earth Rejoice
9For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods. 10You that love the Lord, hate evil: the Lord preserveth the souls of his saints, he will deliver them out of the hand of the sinner.11Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.…
Cross References
Romans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good,

Psalm 7:10
Is my help from the Lord; who saveth the upright of heart.

Psalm 12:7
Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us: and keep us from this generation for ever.

Psalm 31:23
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.

Psalm 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.

Psalm 37:40
And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them because they have hoped in him.

Psalm 145:20
The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.

Proverbs 2:8
Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path.

Proverbs 8:13
Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

Isaiah 49:6
And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Jeremiah 15:21
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty.

Daniel 3:28
For thou hast executed true judgments in all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our fathers: for according to truth and judgment, thou hast brought all these things upon us for our sins.

Amos 5:15
Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

Psalm 97:9
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