Psalms 101:4
For my days have faded away like smoke, and my bones have dried out like firewood.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
In Context
5I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread.
Cross References
Psalms 6:8My eye has been troubled by rage. I have grown old among all my enemies.
Psalms 26:5For he has hidden me in his tabernacle. In the day of evils, he has protected me in the hidden place of his tabernacle.
Proverbs 2:12so that you may be rescued from the evil way, and from the man who speaks perversities,
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Proverbs 11:20A depraved heart is abominable to the Lord. And his will is with those who walk in simplicity.
Proverbs 29:27The just abhor an impious man. And the impious abhor those who are on the right way. By keeping the word, the son shall be free from perdition.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 101:2-8
Mercy and Judgment; David's Pious Resolution. 1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing. 2 I 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. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath a high… Read the whole commentary →