Psalms 101:3

Psalms 101:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
• New International Version (NIV)I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

Context of Psalms 101:3

1I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Yhwh, will I sing. 2I 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. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Psalms 101:3 word by word

לֹֽא־אָשִׁ֨ית׀ לְנֶ֥גֶד עֵינַ֗י דְּֽבַר־בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַל עֲשֹֽׂה־סֵטִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי לֹ֖א יִדְבַּ֣ק בִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

• I will setשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• no wickedבְּלִיַּ֫עַלbelîya‛al · Belial: worthlessH1100
• thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• before mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• I hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• the workעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• of them that turn asideשׂוּטώûţ sûţ · to swerveH7750
• shall not cleaveדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692

Cross-references for Psalms 101:3

• Psalms 18:20Yhwh rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
• Psalms 26:4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
• Psalms 39:1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
• Psalms 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
• Exodus 20:17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
• 2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
• 1 Kings 21:2And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
• Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I look upon a maid?
• Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
• Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
• Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
• Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
• Hosea 7:6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
• Micah 2:2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Commentaries on Psalms 101:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes - I will undertake no unjust wars; will enter into no sinful alliances; will not oppress my subjects by excessive taxation, to support extravagance in my court. I will not look favourably on things or words of Belial. What is good for nothing or evil in its operation, what is wicked in its principle, and what would lead me away from righteousness and truth, I will never set before my eyes. Them that turn aside…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes - That is, I will propose no wicked thing to be done; I will have no such object in view; I will employ no one to do that which is wrong. The margin, as the Hebrew, is, “thing of Belial.” See the notes at Psalm 41:8. It here means that which is worthless, bad, wicked. He would have no wicked aim; he would not look upon a wicked thing for a moment, or with the least favor. I hate the work of them that turn aside…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8This song of praise expresses a commitment to live with integrity and to avoid evil. Jesus meets this ideal.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. set ... eyes--as an example to be approved and followed. no wicked thing--literally, "word," plan or purpose of Belial (Psa 41:8). work of ... aside--apostates. not cleave to me--I will not be implicated in it (compare Psa 1:1-3).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 101:3

• Chastisement
• Decision
• Hatred
• Obedience
• Righteousness
• Sin

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Commentaries on Psalms 101

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings