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.
Read in contextJob 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Read in contextJames 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.
Read in context2 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.
Read in contextProverbs 6:25
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
Read in contextMatthew 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.
Read in contextPsalms 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.
Read in context1 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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