Psalms 101:3

1 I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

2 I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
KJV
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
WEB
I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
ASV
I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.
DARBY
I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
BLB
I do not set before my eyes an object of worthlessness; I have hated the work of those turning aside—it shall not cling to me!
ÅB
Jeg vil ikke sette meg fore noe nidingsverk; å gjøre overtredelser hater jeg, det skal ikke henge ved meg.
OTB
Jeg vil ikke sette noe verdiløst for mine øyne;
Jeg forakter gjerningene til dem som forviller seg;
Det skal ikke klamre seg til meg.
B1930
Jeg vil ikke sette mig fore noget nidingsverk; å gjøre overtredelser hater jeg, det skal ikke henge ved mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 119:37

    Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

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  • Job 31:1

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

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  • James 1:13–15

    When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

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  • 2 Samuel 11:2–3

    One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

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  • Proverbs 6:25

    Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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  • Matthew 5:28

    But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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  • Psalms 40:4

    Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:20–21

    “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

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