Psalm 101:8
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁכַם
shâkam
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
פָּעַל
pâʻal
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּעַל pâʻal
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
Study H6466 →שָׁכַם shâkam
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
Study H7925 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
O house of David, thus saith 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 i...
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
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.
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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