Psalms · 8 verses

Psalms 101

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David begins with loving devotion and justice, then schedules the removal of every wicked person for each morning, leaving the reason for this remarkably punctual business unstated.

A blameless housevv. 1–4

David sings of loving devotion and justice, ponders the blameless way, and waits for the LORD to come to him. His own house is to be walked through with integrity of heart; worthless things will not be placed before his eyes, and a perverse heart is to depart from him. Evil, in this house, is not debated at length: David says he will know nothing of it.

The morning removalsvv. 5–8

The household rules sharpen into a personnel policy. Secret slanderers are silenced, the proud are not endured, and the faithful of the land may dwell with David while the upright minister to him. Deceitful people cannot dwell in his house, and liars cannot stand in his presence. Then comes the grandest appointment in the whole arrangement: every morning, David will remove all the wicked of the land and cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD. The psalm supplies the timetable, but not the reason for its daily repetition.

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Ps 101:1A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
Ps 101:2I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
Ps 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Ps 101:4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
Ps 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Ps 101:6My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
Ps 101:7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
Ps 101:8Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

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Where this is echoed

Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 141 passages were voted onto 8 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

3 Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
3 Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
3 James 1:13–15When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
6 Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
3 2 Samuel 11:2–3One 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.
6 Luke 12:43–44Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
6 Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
3 Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
3 Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
8 Psalms 75:10“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
2 Psalms 119:106I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
3 Exodus 20:17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
8 Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
1 Psalms 89:1A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
3 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.
6 John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

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