Psalms 101:8

I have become like an owl in a ruined house. 1 I have watched, and am become 1 As a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7I have become like a pelican of the wilderness; 1

9All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; 1 And they that praised me have sworn against me. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 46:4He has subdued the peoples under us, 1 And the nations under our feet. 1

Psalms 48:8A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? 1 He shall not give to God a ransom for himself, 1

Proverbs 16:12An evildoer is an abomination to a king; 1 For the throne of rule is established by righteousness. 1

Proverbs 20:26A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, 1 And will bring a wheel upon them. 1

Hosea 9:3They dwelt not in the Lord’s land: Ephraim dwelt in Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.

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 →

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