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I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/101.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/101.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/101.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/101.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; <i>it</i> shall not cleave to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/101.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/101.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/101.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/101.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/101.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will set no vile thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/101.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will set no worthless <i>or</i> wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the practice of those who fall away [from the right path]; It will not grasp hold of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/101.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will not let anything worthless guide me. I hate the practice of transgression; it will not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/101.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will not set anything worthless before my eyes. I hate the practice of transgression; it will not cling to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/101.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/101.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I refuse to be corrupt or to take part in anything crooked, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/101.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave unto me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/101.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. I hate what unfaithful people do. I want no part of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/101.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and will never tolerate evil. I hate the actions of those who turn away from God; I will have nothing to do with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/101.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/101.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/101.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/101.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/101.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/101.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/101.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I do not set a worthless thing before my eyes, "" I have hated the work of those turning aside, "" It does not adhere to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/101.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/101.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will not set a word of Belial before mine eyes: I hated him doing transgressions; he shall not cleave to me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/101.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/101.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 100:3>I will not display any unjust thing before my eyes. I have hated those carrying out betrayals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/101.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I do not allow into my presence anything base. I hate wrongdoing; I will have no part of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/101.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will not set before my eyes anything that is base. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/101.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes; I hate the doers of evil, they shall not come near to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/101.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I have set no evil account before my eyes. I have hated him who does evil, neither will he cling to me.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/101.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I will set no base thing before mine eyes; I hate the doing of things crooked; it shall not cleave unto me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/101.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/101-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=12413" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/101.htm">I will Set No Worthless Thing Before My Eyes</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I will</a> <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm" title="7896: ’ā·šîṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To put, set. A primitive root; to place.">set</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar- (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/1100.htm" title="1100: bə·lî·yā·‘al (N-ms) -- Worthlessness. From bliy and ya'al; without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness.">worthless thing</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: lə·ne·ḡeḏ (Prep-l) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nay (N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">my eyes.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm" title="8130: śā·nê·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To hate. A primitive root; to hate.">I hate</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ă·śōh- (V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">the work</a> <a href="/hebrew/7846.htm" title="7846: sê·ṭîm (N-mp) -- Swerver, perhaps revolter, deeds that swerve. Or cet; from suwt; a departure from right, i.e. Sin.">of those who fall away;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">it shall not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1692.htm" title="1692: yiḏ·baq (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To cling, cleave, keep close. A primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. Cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit.">cling</a> <a href="/hebrew/bî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">to me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a></span><br />Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-8.htm">Philippians 4:8</a></span><br />Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Romans 12:9</a></span><br />Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-22.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:22</a></span><br />Abstain from every form of evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm">2 Corinthians 10:5</a></span><br />We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Matthew 5:28</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11-12</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-17</a></span><br />Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a></span><br />Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-1.htm">Job 31:1</a></span><br />“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-27.htm">Proverbs 6:27-28</a></span><br />Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? / Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a></span><br />Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-22.htm">2 Timothy 2:22</a></span><br />Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Isaiah 33:15</a></span><br />He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not stick to me.</p><p class="hdg">set</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-20.htm">Psalm 18:20-23</a></b></br> The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/26-4.htm">Psalm 26:4,5</a></b></br> I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-1.htm">Psalm 39:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, <i>even</i> to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.</p><p class="hdg">wicked thing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">1 Kings 21:13</a></b></br> And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, <i>even</i> against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.</p><p class="hdg">I hate</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/97-10.htm">Psalm 97:10</a></b></br> Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/12-9.htm">Romans 12:9</a></b></br> <i>Let</i> love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.</p><p class="hdg">them</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/14-3.htm">Psalm 14:3</a></b></br> They are all gone aside, they are <i>all</i> together become filthy: <i>there is</i> none that doeth good, no, not one.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-3.htm">Psalm 36:3</a></b></br> The words of his mouth <i>are</i> iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, <i>and</i> to do good.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-4.htm">Psalm 40:4</a></b></br> Blessed <i>is</i> that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.</p><p class="hdg">it shall not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Deuteronomy 13:17</a></b></br> And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/74-22.htm">Base</a> <a href="/psalms/41-8.htm">Belial</a> <a href="/psalms/74-15.htm">Cleave</a> <a href="/psalms/44-25.htm">Cling</a> <a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Crooked</a> <a href="/psalms/99-8.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/psalms/99-8.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/98-2.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/78-57.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/psalms/91-7.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/job/38-31.htm">Fasten</a> <a href="/psalms/69-14.htm">Grip</a> <a href="/psalms/97-10.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/psalms/55-12.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/psalms/97-3.htm">Side</a> <a href="/psalms/90-13.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/psalms/53-1.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/psalms/97-10.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/psalms/95-9.htm">Work</a> <a href="/psalms/97-7.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/102-25.htm">Base</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">Belial</a> <a href="/psalms/102-5.htm">Cleave</a> <a href="/psalms/102-5.htm">Cling</a> <a href="/psalms/125-5.htm">Crooked</a> <a href="/psalms/103-6.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/psalms/101-4.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/119-158.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/psalms/106-26.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm">Fasten</a> <a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Grip</a> <a href="/psalms/105-25.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/psalms/106-10.htm">Hated</a> <a href="/psalms/102-17.htm">Side</a> <a href="/psalms/102-2.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-7.htm">Vile</a> <a href="/psalms/101-4.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/psalms/102-25.htm">Work</a> <a href="/psalms/108-12.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 101</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/101-1.htm">David makes a vow and profession of godliness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/101.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/101.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I will set no worthless thing before my eyes.</b><br>This phrase emphasizes a commitment to purity and integrity, reflecting a conscious decision to avoid anything that might lead to moral or spiritual corruption. In biblical context, the eyes are often seen as a gateway to the soul, and what one chooses to focus on can influence their heart and actions (<a href="/matthew/6-22.htm">Matthew 6:22-23</a>). The term "worthless" can be understood as anything that is vain, idolatrous, or morally corrupt. This aligns with the biblical call to avoid idolatry and immorality, as seen in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>). The psalmist's resolve is reminiscent of Job's covenant with his eyes to avoid lustful gazes (<a href="/job/31.htm">Job 31:1</a>), highlighting a broader biblical theme of guarding one's heart and mind from evil influences.<p><b>I hate the work of those who fall away;</b><br>This phrase reflects a strong aversion to the actions and lifestyles of those who have turned away from God's commandments. The term "fall away" suggests apostasy or a deliberate departure from faithfulness to God. In the historical context of Israel, falling away often involved turning to idolatry or adopting the practices of surrounding pagan nations, which was a recurring issue addressed by the prophets (<a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a>). The psalmist's hatred is not directed at the individuals themselves but at their sinful actions, aligning with the biblical principle of loving the sinner but hating the sin (<a href="/jude/1-23.htm">Jude 1:23</a>). This distinction is crucial in maintaining a heart of compassion while upholding righteousness.<p><b>it shall not cling to me.</b><br>Here, the psalmist expresses a determination to remain untainted by the sinful practices of others. The imagery of something "clinging" suggests the potential for sin to attach itself and influence one's life if not actively resisted. This echoes the biblical call to be in the world but not of it (<a href="/john/17-14.htm">John 17:14-16</a>), maintaining holiness and separation from sin. The resolve to prevent sin from clinging is akin to the New Testament exhortation to lay aside every weight and sin that entangles (<a href="/hebrews/12.htm">Hebrews 12:1</a>). It underscores the importance of vigilance and intentionality in one's spiritual walk, ensuring that one's life remains a reflection of God's holiness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/101.htm">Psalm 101</a>, David is expressing his commitment to personal holiness and integrity as a leader.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>As the city of David, Jerusalem represents the center of worship and governance, where David's commitment to righteousness would have significant impact.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Those who "fall away" or engage in worthless deeds, representing the moral and spiritual challenges David faces.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_our_eyes.htm">Guarding Our Eyes</a></b><br>As believers, we must be vigilant about what we allow into our minds through our eyes. This includes media, entertainment, and other influences that can lead us away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rejecting_worthlessness.htm">Rejecting Worthlessness</a></b><br>We are called to discern and reject anything that is spiritually worthless or leads us away from God's truth. This requires active decision-making and commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hating_sin,_not_sinners.htm">Hating Sin, Not Sinners</a></b><br>David's hatred is directed towards the "work" of those who fall away, not the individuals themselves. We must learn to separate sin from the sinner, loving people while rejecting sinful actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_integrity.htm">Personal Integrity</a></b><br>Like David, we should strive for personal integrity, ensuring that our private lives reflect our public declarations of faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/influence_of_leadership.htm">Influence of Leadership</a></b><br>David's commitment as a leader serves as a model for how our personal holiness can influence those around us, especially in positions of leadership.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_101.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 101</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_david's_psalm_101_3_claim_plausible.htm">In Psalm 101:3, is David’s claim of refusing to set any “vile thing” before his eyes historically plausible, given the idolatries and cultural norms of his era? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/should_christians_watch_television.htm">Should Christians watch television?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_101_1_align_with_david's_sins.htm">How does Psalm 101:1’s theme of justice reconcile with David’s own moral failures as recorded in other parts of the Old Testament? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_74_3_fit_with_586_bce.htm">In Psalm 74:3, how do we reconcile the psalm's reference to the destruction of the sanctuary with uncertain dating that some scholars place centuries later than the temple's fall in 586 BCE?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/101.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">I will set no. . . . . </span>--Mark the wisdom of the<p>resolve in a despotic monarch, who has only to speak to effect whatever he has looked on with desire.<p><span class= "bld">Wicked thing.</span>--<span class= "ital">Thing </span>(<span class= "ital">or, word</span>)<span class= "ital"> of Belial. </span>(See Note on <a href="/psalms/41-8.htm" title="An evil disease, say they, sticks fast to him: and now that he lies he shall rise up no more.">Psalm 41:8</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">I hate the work of them that turn aside.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">I</span> <span class= "ital">hate the doing of false things, </span>according as we take the word in the concrete or abstract.<p><span class= "bld">It shall not cleave to me.</span>--Such conduct shall not be mine.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/101.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes;</span> or, <span class="accented">no base thing</span> (Revised Version); "no <span class="accented">villainous</span> thing" (Cheyne, Kay); comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/15-9.htm">Deuteronomy 15:9</a>. I will set before me nothing of this kind, "as an object either of imitation or of attainment." <span class="cmt_word">I hate the work of them that turn aside;</span> literally, <span class="accented">the doing of acts that swerve</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "that depart from the right way." <span class="cmt_word">It</span> <span class="cmt_word">shall not cleave to me.</span> If such a thing "seized on him unawares, he would shake it off as a thing accursed" (Kay); comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Deuteronomy 13:17</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/101-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">set</span><br /><span class="heb">אָשִׁ֨ית ׀</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·šîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7896.htm">Strong's 7896: </a> </span><span class="str2">To put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">no</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּֽבַר־</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">worthless thing</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·lî·yā·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1100.htm">Strong's 1100: </a> </span><span class="str2">Without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness </span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לְנֶ֥גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ne·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my eyes.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I hate</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂנֵ֑אתִי</span> <span class="translit">(śā·nê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8130.htm">Strong's 8130: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the work</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲשֹֽׂה־</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·śōh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of those who fall away;</span><br /><span class="heb">סֵטִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(sê·ṭîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7750.htm">Strong's 7750: </a> </span><span class="str2">To detrude, become derelict</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it shall not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cling to me.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִדְבַּ֣ק</span> <span class="translit">(yiḏ·baq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1692.htm">Strong's 1692: </a> </span><span class="str2">To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/101-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 101:3 I will set no vile thing before (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/101-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 101:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 101:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/101-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 101:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 101:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>