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Psalm 97:10

You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

8Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, LORD.
9For you, LORD, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
10You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
12Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people! Give thanks to his holy Name.
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Love for YHWH includes hatred for evil here, where his people face the threat of wickedness and depend on his preserving care.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.Both passages connect devotion to the LORD with hatred of evil; Proverbs names pride, arrogance, and corrupt speech among its forms.
Romans 12:9Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.Both passages join love with rejection of evil, refusing to treat love as indifference to wrongdoing.
Psalm 31:23Oh love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.Both psalms address the LORD’s saints, speak of love for him, and affirm that he preserves his people.
Jeremiah 15:21“I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.”Both passages speak of God delivering someone out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 34:14Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.Both passages demand a decisive response to evil; Psalm 34 adds doing good and pursuing peace.
Psalm 145:20The LORD preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.Both psalms affirm that the LORD preserves those who love him and distinguish them from the wicked.
Amos 5:15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”Both passages command hatred of evil; Amos connects that command with loving good and establishing justice in the courts.
Daniel 3:28Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, …Both passages connect devotion to God with his deliverance of his people from hostile power.
2 Thessalonians 3:2and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for not all have faith.Deliverance from evil people is the shared concern, expressed as assurance in the psalm and prayer in Thessalonians.
Psalm 121:7The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.Both psalms speak of the LORD keeping the soul and protecting his people from evil.
Proverbs 2:8that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.Both passages describe God as the one who preserves his saints.
2 Timothy 2:19However, God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from …Both passages link belonging to the Lord with rejecting wrongdoing and affirm his regard for those who are his.
Where this verse fits

Temptation. injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

The wicked have hands that can harm; the psalm does not hide that danger. Yet YHWH, exalted above all, preserves his saints and delivers them.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).