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Psalms 101:2 — King James Version← Study notes

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.


Psalms 101:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 101:211 words
HebrewMeaning
אַשְׂכִּ֤ילָהʾaśəkiylāh
I will give attentionverbH7919
expert · instruct · prosper · prudent ···
בְּ/דֶ֬רֶךְbəderekə
to a waypronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
תָּמִ֗יםtāmiym
blamelessadjH8549
complete · full · perfect · sincerely ···
מָ֭תַיmātay
when?particleH4970
when
תָּב֣וֹאtābwōʾ
will you comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלָ֑/יʾēlāy
to mepronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶתְהַלֵּ֥ךְʾetəhalēkə
I will walk aboutverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בְּ/תָםbətām
in the integrity ofpronH8537
integrity · perfect · simplicity · upright(-ly ···
לְ֝בָבִ֗/יləbābiy
heart mynounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
בְּ/קֶ֣רֶבbəqereb
in the midst ofpronH7130
among · before · unto charge · eat ···
בֵּיתִֽ/יbēytiy
house mynounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 101:2

1. In this Psalm, we ought to seek in the whole body of it what we find in the first verse: “Mercy and judgment will I sing unto You, O Lord” Psalm 100:1. Let no man flatter himself that he will never be punished through God's mercy; for there is judgment also; and let no man who has been changed for the better dread the Lord's judgment, seeing that mercy goes before it. For when men judge, sometimes overcome by mercy, they act against justice; and mercy, but not justice,…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 101 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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