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Selected Verse: Psalms 101:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 101:3 |
King James |
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I 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 Psa 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 - All their doings, motives, plans. The word rendered "turn aside" means to turn out of the way; out of the right path: Wanderers - transgressors - those who leave the path of truth and honesty.
It shall not cleave to me - I will have nothing to do with it. It shall not he allowed to attach itself to me. A wicked plan or purpose is thus represented as having a tendency to fasten itself on a man, or to "stick to him" - as pitch, or wax, as a "burn" does. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I 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 - I shall particularly abominate the conduct of those who apostatize from the true religion, and those who deny its Divine authority, and who live without having their conduct governed by its influence, such shall never he put in a place of political trust or confidence by me. |
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.