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Psalms 101:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.


Psalms 101:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 101:610 words
HebrewMeaning
עֵינַ֤/יʿēynay
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
בְּ/נֶֽאֶמְנֵיbəneʾemənēy
will be on the faithful people ofpronH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
אֶרֶץ֮ʾereṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
לָ/שֶׁ֪בֶתlāšebet
to dwellpronH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
עִמָּ֫דִ֥/יʿimādiy
with mepronH5978
by · from · me · mine ···
הֹ֭לֵךְhōlēkə
one who walksverbH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְbəderekə
in a waypronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
תָּמִ֑יםtāmiym
blamelessadjH8549
complete · full · perfect · sincerely ···
ה֝֗וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יְשָׁרְתֵֽ/נִיyəšārətēniy
he will serve meverbH8334
serve(-ant · -ice · -itor) · wait on
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 101:6

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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