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I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/101.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked and free the city of the LORD from their grip.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/101.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/101.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/101.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/101.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/101.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to eliminate from the city of the LORD all those who do injustice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/101.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/101.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/101.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Yahweh all the workers of iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/101.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Morning after morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, That I may cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/101.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, wiping out all evildoers from the LORD’s city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/101.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating all evildoers from the LORD&#8217s city. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/101.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/101.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Each morning I will silence any lawbreakers I find in the countryside or in the city of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/101.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/101.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Every morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land to rid the LORD's city of all troublemakers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/101.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Day after day I will destroy the wicked in our land; I will expel all who are evil from the city of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/101.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD's city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/101.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/101.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all evildoers from the LORD's city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/101.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all who practice wickedness from the city of the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/101.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/101.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/101.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, "" To cut off from the city of YHWH "" All the workers of iniquity!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/101.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/101.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the mornings I will destroy all the unjust of the land; to cut off from the city of Jehovah all doing iniquity.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/101.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/101.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 100:8>In the morning, I executed all the sinners of the earth, so that I might scatter all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/101.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Morning after morning I clear all the wicked from the land, to rid the city of the LORD of all doers of evil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/101.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all evildoers from the city of the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/101.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />In the early morning I will silence all the wicked of the earth; and I will destroy all the doers of iniquity from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/101.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />At dawn I shall silence all the wicked of the Earth, and I shall destroy from the city of LORD JEHOVAH all evil doers. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/101.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/101.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/101-8.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=12459" 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">7</span>No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: lab·bə·qā·rîm (Prep-l, Art:: N-mp) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">Every morning</a> <a href="/hebrew/6789.htm" title="6789: ’aṣ·mîṯ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To put an end to, exterminate. A primitive root; to extirpate.">I will remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: riš·‘ê- (Adj-mpc) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: lə·haḵ·rîṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">that I may cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/6466.htm" title="6466: pō·‘ă·lê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- Do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, especially to practise.">evildoer</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: mê·‘îr- (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">from the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> </span><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/20-8.htm">Proverbs 20:8</a></span><br />A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25-26</a></span><br />I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities. / I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12</a></span><br />He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/19-5.htm">2 Chronicles 19:5-7</a></span><br />He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah. / Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment. / And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/25-4.htm">Proverbs 25:4-5</a></span><br />Remove the dross from the silver, and a vessel for a silversmith will come forth. / Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-7</a></span><br />Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? / Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41-42</a></span><br />The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-12.htm">1 Corinthians 5:12-13</a></span><br />What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? / God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-2.htm">Revelation 2:2</a></span><br />I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Revelation 21:27</a></span><br />But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-11.htm">Zephaniah 3:11-13</a></span><br />On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain. / But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD. / The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Ezekiel 20:38</a></span><br />And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a></span><br />But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. / And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15-17</a></span><br />If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. / But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ / If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">early</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/75-10.htm">Psalm 75:10</a></b></br> All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; <i>but</i> the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/16-12.htm">Proverbs 16:12</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/20-8.htm">Proverbs 20:8,26</a></b></br> A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes… </p><p class="hdg">cut off</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/48-2.htm">Psalm 48:2,8</a></b></br> Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, <i>is</i> mount Zion, <i>on</i> the sides of the north, the city of the great King… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a></b></br> They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean <i>things</i> in Assyria.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/2-8.htm">Micah 2:8-10</a></b></br> Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/99-8.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/87-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/psalms/64-1.htm">Complaint</a> <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/94-23.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/psalms/94-16.htm">Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/90-14.htm">Early</a> <a href="/psalms/94-16.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/psalms/94-23.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/psalms/60-2.htm">Land</a> <a href="/psalms/92-2.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/psalms/90-7.htm">Overwhelmed</a> <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Poureth</a> <a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/psalms/90-1.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/psalms/101-1.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/101-5.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/psalms/101-4.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/psalms/101-4.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/psalms/94-16.htm">Workers</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/102-1.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/107-4.htm">City</a> <a href="/psalms/102-1.htm">Complaint</a> <a href="/psalms/102-23.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/psalms/109-13.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/psalms/102-20.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/psalms/125-5.htm">Doers</a> <a href="/psalms/108-2.htm">Early</a> <a href="/psalms/119-115.htm">Evildoers</a> <a href="/psalms/103-3.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-8.htm">Land</a> <a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/psalms/102-1.htm">Overwhelmed</a> <a href="/psalms/102-1.htm">Poureth</a> <a href="/psalms/106-3.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/psalms/102-1.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/psalms/102-28.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/109-1.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/psalms/104-35.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/psalms/118-20.htm">Workers</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'; 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In biblical times, morning was often associated with new beginnings and divine intervention (<a href="/psalms/5-3.htm">Psalm 5:3</a>, <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a>). The idea of morning as a time for action is seen in the practices of the patriarchs and prophets who sought God early in the day.<p><b>I will remove all the wicked of the land</b><br>The removal of the wicked signifies a purging of evil influences, aligning with the biblical theme of holiness and separation from sin (<a href="/deuteronomy/13-5.htm">Deuteronomy 13:5</a>, <a href="/1_corinthians/5-13.htm">1 Corinthians 5:13</a>). Historically, this reflects the king's role in maintaining justice and righteousness in Israel, as seen in the reforms of kings like Josiah (<a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">2 Kings 23:24-25</a>). The land, often representing the covenantal promise to Israel, must be kept pure for God's presence.<p><b>that I may cut off every evildoer</b><br>The phrase "cut off" indicates a decisive and complete action against those who practice evil, echoing the covenantal curses for disobedience (<a href="/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3-5</a>). This reflects the biblical principle of divine justice and the necessity of removing sin to maintain communal holiness. It also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and separation of the righteous from the wicked (<a href="/matthew/13-49.htm">Matthew 13:49-50</a>).<p><b>from the city of the LORD</b><br>The city of the LORD refers to Jerusalem, the spiritual and political center of Israel, where God's presence dwelt in the temple. This highlights the need for purity in the place where God resides (<a href="/psalms/48.htm">Psalm 48:1-2</a>, <a href="/isaiah/52.htm">Isaiah 52:1</a>). Jerusalem's significance as a type of the heavenly city (<a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2</a>) underscores the eschatological hope for a purified and holy community in God's eternal kingdom.<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 righteousness and justice as a king.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Refers to those who act in opposition to God's laws and righteousness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_city_of_the_lord.htm">The City of the LORD</a></b><br>This is often understood as Jerusalem, the city where God's presence dwelt in the temple, symbolizing a place of holiness and divine order.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_daily_righteousness.htm">Commitment to Daily Righteousness</a></b><br>David's resolve to "remove all the wicked" every morning suggests a daily commitment to righteousness. Believers are encouraged to start each day with a renewed dedication to living according to God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_promoting_holiness.htm">The Role of Leadership in Promoting Holiness</a></b><br>As a king, David's responsibility was to ensure that his kingdom reflected God's holiness. Christian leaders today are called to uphold and promote godly values in their spheres of influence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_purity.htm">The Importance of Community Purity</a></b><br>The focus on removing evildoers from "the city of the LORD" highlights the need for communities of faith to maintain purity and holiness, ensuring that they reflect God's character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/vigilance_against_sin.htm">Vigilance Against Sin</a></b><br>The proactive stance of cutting off evildoers serves as a reminder to be vigilant against sin in our lives and communities, addressing it promptly and decisively.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_standard_of_justice.htm">God's Standard of Justice</a></b><br>This verse underscores the importance of aligning with God's standard of justice, which involves both mercy and accountability.<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_psalm_101_8's_pledge_literal_evidence.htm">Is Psalm 101:8’s pledge to “destroy all the wicked” in the land literal, and if so, does archaeological or historical evidence support such a sweeping action?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_numbers_5_show_god_ordering_abortion.htm">Why worry about those who do wrong?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_wicked_people_prosper_despite_psalm_37_9.htm">How can Psalm 37:9 ('evildoers shall be cut off') be taken seriously when many wicked individuals throughout history have lived long and prosperous lives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_hate_yet_love_all.htm">How can the claim in Psalm 5:5 that God 'hates all evildoers' be reconciled with passages elsewhere asserting God's universal love?</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>(8) <span class= "bld">Early.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">in the morning: </span>referring, as Perowne observes, to the Oriental custom of holding courts of law in the early morning (<a href="/jeremiah/21-12.htm" title="O house of David, thus said the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.">Jeremiah 21:12</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/15-2.htm" title="And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.">2Samuel 15:2</a>; <a href="/luke/22-66.htm" title="And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,">Luke 22:66</a>; <a href="/john/18-28.htm" title="Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.">John 18:28</a>).<p><span class= "bld">City of the Lord.</span>--For similar expressions, see <a href="/psalms/46-4.htm" title="There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.">Psalm 46:4</a>; <a href="/psalms/48-2.htm" title="Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.">Psalm 48:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/48-8.htm" title="As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.">Psalm 48:8</a>. The city must bear out its name in its character. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/101.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will early destroy all the wicked of the land;</span> literally, <span class="accented">each morn will I root</span> <span class="accented">out all the wicked of the land</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "day after day I will make it my endeavour, not only to keep my palace free from evil doers, but to cleanse the whole land of them." David is determined to exercise that just severity which is a part of the duty of kings (<a href="/romans/13-4.htm">Romans 13:4</a>), and not to be that curse to a country - a weak and over-indulgent ruler (see Calvin, <span class="accented">ad loc.</span>)<span class="accented">. <span class="cmt_word"></span>That I may cut off all</span> <span class="cmt_word">wicked doers from the city of the Lord.</span> So long as there were "wicked doers" in the land, they would be sure to flock to Jerusalem, since the capital always attracts the criminal classes. David is especially anxious that Jerusalem, which he has made "the city of the Lord" (<a href="/2_samuel/6-12.htm">2 Samuel 6:12-19</a>), shall be kept free from the pollutions of evil doers, but, to effect this object, he must purge the whole land. The spirit breathed is that of <a href="/psalms/15-1.htm">Psalm 15:1-5</a>. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/101-8.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">Every morning</span><br /><span class="heb">לַבְּקָרִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(lab·bə·qā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn, morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will remove</span><br /><span class="heb">אַצְמִ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(’aṣ·mîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6789.htm">Strong's 6789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To put an end to, exterminate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">רִשְׁעֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(riš·‘ê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the land,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that I may cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַכְרִ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haḵ·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">every</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evildoer</span><br /><span class="heb">פֹּ֥עֲלֵי</span> <span class="translit">(pō·‘ă·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6466.htm">Strong's 6466: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make, to practise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the city</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽעִיר־</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘îr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝הוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/101-8.htm">Psalm 101:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/101-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 101:8 Morning by morning I will destroy all (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/101-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 101:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 101:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/102-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 102:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 102:1" /></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>