Psalms 101:8

All the day long my enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

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

9For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping; 1

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Cross References

Psalms 46:4He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause. 1

Psalms 48:8or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labor for ever, 1

Proverbs 16:12An evil-doer is an abomination to a king; for the throne of rule is established by righteousness.

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

Hosea 9:3They lived not in the Lord's land: Ephraim lived 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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