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Psalms 101:8 — King James Version← Study notes

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.


Psalms 101:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 101:811 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/בְּקָרִ֗יםlabəqāriym
to the morningspronH1242
early · morning · morrow
אַצְמִ֥יתʾaṣəmiyt
I will destroyverbH6789
cut off · destroy · vanish
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
רִשְׁעֵיrišəʿēy
the wicked people ofadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣ
the landnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
לְ/הַכְרִ֥יתləhakəriyt
to cut offpronH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
מֵֽ/עִירmēʿiyr
from the city ofpronH5892
city · court · town
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
פֹּ֥עֲלֵיpōʿălēy
those who doverbH6466
do · make · ordain · work
אָֽוֶןʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
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 101:8

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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