Psalms 101:4
For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
In Context
5I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.
Cross References
Psalms 6:8Mine eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies.
Psalms 26:5For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock.
Proverbs 2:12to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
Proverbs 11:20Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.
Proverbs 29:27A righteous man is an abomination to an unrighteous man, and the direct way is an abomination to the sinner.
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 →