Psalms 52:3

“Thou lovest evil more than good, etc.] Indeed not good at all; such comparatives being strong negatives; (see <19B808>Psalm 118:8,9); a wicked man loves evil, and nothing else; his carnal mind being enmity to all that is good [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness; as appears by his affirming that Ahimelech inquired of the Lord for David, when he did not, (<092210>1 Samuel 22:10,15); and by suffering some things to pass for truths which were falsehoods, when it lay in his power to have disproved them: and such a lover of lies is antichrist; (see <540402>1 Timothy 4:2 <530211>2 Thessalonians 2:11). Selah; on this word, (see Gill on “<190302>Psalm 3:2”). The Targum renders the word…”

“Thou lovest evil more than good - Thou dost prefer to do injury to others, rather than to do them good. In the case referred to, instead of aiding the innocent, the persecuted, and the wronged, he had attempted to reveal the place where he might be found, and where an enraged enemy might have an opportunity of wreaking his vengeance upon him. And lying rather than to speak righteousness - He preferred a lie to the truth; and, when he supposed that his own interest would be subserved by it, he preferred a falsehood that would promote that interest, rather than a simple statement of the truth. The “lying” in this case was that which was “implied” in his being desirous of giving up David, or…”

“52:3 Deceptive speech changes one’s character.”

“lovest: Jer 4:22; Mic 3:2; Rom 1:25; Ti2 3:4 lying: Psa 62:4; Jer 9:3-5, Jer 9:8; Joh 8:44; Rev 22:15 Psalms 52:4”