Psalm 101
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Psalms 101— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, which is the key every lexicon and concordance uses (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets name a word that does a grammatical job rather than carrying a meaning, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
1I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
Rashi on Psalms 101:1
I shall sing of kindness and judgment when You bestow kindness upon me, I will praise you [with the blessing:] “Blessed be He Who is good and does good,” and when You perform judgment upon me, I will sing, “Blessed be the true Judge.
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2I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
Rashi on Psalms 101:2
I shall concern myself I shall direct my thoughts to the way of integrity.
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3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Rashi on Psalms 101:3
wayward Heb. סטים, an expression of (Num.:12): “whose wife strays (תשטה) from the right path,” to turn away from the road, destolemant in Old French, to swerve.
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4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Rashi on Psalms 101:5
I cannot tolerate him that he should be my friend, lest I learn from his deeds.
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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.
7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
8Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.