Hate and God

As I process this concept of hate, how does one conceive that God hates people? Yet the Psalmist does not put it nicely in this verse:
"You hate all who do wrong;" other version refer to "those who do iniquity (or evil)". Now we have to define evil. Could we find ourselves in a place that God would hate us. I remember one study I read in my doctoral program. It was a study on ethics. The conclusion of the research showed that we consider ourselves more ethical than others. That has humbled me to consider how I might apply my own ethics to others and realize it is not my standard, but God's standards that are important. So the take away in these verses on God hating certain people is a very strong claim. That goes against the grain of our concept of diversity and God loves everyone. Did God change from the Old testament to the New. We quote "for God so loved the world...", yet he still hates people. Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated is quite a strong indictment. For me, it means, I need to turn away from evil. I may not be able to keep evil out of my brain, but I certainly do not want to act on it. I really need the power of the Spirit to keep from evil.