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Psalms 101:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.


Psalms 101:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 101:513 words
HebrewMeaning
מלושניmlwšny
accuseverbH3960
slander
מְלָשְׁנִ֬יməlāšəniy
accuseverbH3960
slander
בַ/סֵּ֨תֶרbasēter
in secrecypronH5643
covering · covert · disguise · hiding place ···
רֵעֵ/הוּ֮rēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
אוֹת֪/וֹʾwōtwō
himparticleH853
אַ֫צְמִ֥יתʾaṣəmiyt
I will destroyverbH6789
cut off · destroy · vanish
גְּֽבַהּgəbah
highadjH1362
proud
עֵ֭ינַיִםʿēynayim
eyesnounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וּ/רְחַ֣בwrəḥab
and the wide ofconjH7342
large · at liberty · proud · wide
לֵבָ֑בlēbāb
heartnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
אֹ֝ת֗/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אוּכָֽלʾwkāl
I will be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
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 101:5

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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