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Psalms 101:3 — King James Version← Study notes

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.


Psalms 101:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 101:312 words
HebrewMeaning
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָשִׁ֨יתʾāšiyt
I will setverbH7896
appoint · array · bring · consider ···
לְ/נֶ֥גֶדləneged
to beforepronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
עֵינַ֗/יʿēynay
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
דְּֽבַרdəbar
a thing ofnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַלbəliyāʿal
worthlessnessnounH1100
evil · naughty · ungodly · wicked
עֲשֹֽׂהʿăśōh
the doing ofverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
סֵטִ֥יםsēṭiym
turn aside tonounH7750
שָׂנֵ֑אתִיśānēʾtiy
I hateverbH8130
foe · hate(-ful · -r) · odious ···
לֹ֖אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִדְבַּ֣קyidəbaq
it will clingverbH1692
cleave · follow close · be joined · keep ···
בִּֽ/יbiy
pron
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 101:3

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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