Psalms 101:8

101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. shall not tarry: Heb. shall not be established

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

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Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.

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

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

What does Psalms 101:8 mean?

Psalms 101:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בֹּקֶר (bôqer), צָמַת (tsâmath), רָשָׁע (râshâʻ).

Hebrew interlinear

will

earlyבֹּקֶרbôqer/bo'-ker/H1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

destroyצָמַתtsâmath/tsaw-math'/H6789to extirpate (literally or figuratively)

all

the

wickedרָשָׁעrâshâʻ/raw-shaw'/H7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

the

land;אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

that

may

cut

offכָּרַתkârath/kaw-rath'/H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

all

wickedאָוֶןʼâven/aw-ven'/H205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol

doersפָּעַלpâʻal/paw-al'/H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise

from

the

cityעִירʻîyr/eer/H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

the

LORD.יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 101:8.

Job 31:3

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 34:8

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Psalms 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Psalms 28:3

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Psalms 36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalms 5:5

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. in: Heb. before thine eyes

Psalms 53:4

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 101:8 say?

Psalms 101:8 (King James Version) reads: "I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD."

Is Psalms 101:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 101:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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