I will notלֹאsetאָשִׁיתbefore my eyesלְנֶגֶד עֵינַיa thingדְּבַרof worthlessness;בְּלִיָּעַלthe doingעֲשֹׂהof those who turn asideסֵטִיםI hate;שָׂנֵאתִיit will notלֹאcling to me.יִדְבַּק בִּי
Psalms 101:3
Study it in the app“I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness; the doing of those who turn aside I hate; it will not cling to me.”
The psalmist resolves not to set before his eyes anything worthlessPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 101:3, word by word
- setאָשִׁיתashit
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “ashit” appears- before my eyesנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- before my eyesעֵינַena
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ena” appears- a thingדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- of worthlessnessבְּלִיָּעַלbeliyaal
worthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “beliyaal” appears- the doingעֲשֹׂהaso
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “aso” appears- of those who turn asideסֵטִיםsetim
turn aside
To turn aside: to leave the path to go after something else.
Where else “setim” appears- I hateשָׂנֵאתִיsaneti
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “saneti” appears- cling to meיִדְבַּקyidbak
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “yidbak” appears
The context
2I will give heed to the way of blamelessness; when will you come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart within my house.
3 · This verse (above)
4A crooked heart will depart from me; evil I will not know.