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Psalms 101:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 101:8: The speaker's “I will early destroy all the wicked of the land” contributes testimony, resolve, or self-address to “A royal vow for household and city integrity.”
A king sings mercy and judgment before vowing a wise walk in the house
This verse is one part of that explanation in Psalms 101:1–8. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Psalms 101:1–8
Read Psalms 101:8 with 101:1–8. Read alone, “I will early destroy all the wicked of the land” could lose the royal voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 101:1–8, the royal voice carries the movement “A royal vow for household and city integrity” as part of “A royal vow for household and city integrity.” Its royal-wisdom form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 101:1–8 opens Psalm 101 with “I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing” and establishes the royal voice and “A royal vow for household and city integrity” movement before later lines develop or answer it. Within that relationship, Psalm 101:8 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “I will early destroy all the wicked of the land,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker.
What Remains True
The lasting force of “I will early destroy all the wicked of the land” comes through Psalms 101:1–8 and Book IV, not isolation. Wrong and rage may be named honestly before the LORD, yet judgment remains accountable to justice and never turns another person into disposable prey. The local movement is “A royal vow for household and city integrity.” The unit's reviewed limit is: The king's severe governance belongs to ancient court rhetoric; it does not license purges, surveillance, authoritarianism, or punishment without due process.
How It Can Shape Life
- Psalm 101:8 contributes to “A royal vow for household and city integrity” in a specific way: Psalm 101:8 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “I will early destroy all the wicked of the land,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker. Respond by doing this: Name the actual harm behind “I will early destroy all the wicked of the land”, seek protection and fair judgment, and refuse to enact the poem's anger against a critic, group, or imagined enemy.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Psalms 101:1–8 — A royal vow for household and city integritySources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 101:1–8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 101:1–8
Open the fixed Hebrew Psalms file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Psalms 1-150
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, current official online edition
Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 101:1–8.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 101 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 101:1–8
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