Verse Psalms 101:7. He that worketh deceit - that telleth lies] I will expel from my court all sycophants and flatterers. Tiberius encouraged flatterers; Titus burned some, banished several others, and sold many for slaves.
HE THAT WORKETH DECEIT - The man who is dishonest - who is full of tricks, false pretences, and devices - who cannot be confided in as straight-forward and sincere - one whose word cannot be relied on...
PSALM 101-106 Psalms 101 The Righteous King Speaketh _ 1. The character of the King (Psalms 101:1)_ 2. His righteous demands of His subjects (Psalms 101:4) A Psalm of David. He speaks as kin
CI. THE IDEAL RULER. The main purport is clear. The ideal ruler is faithful to the high standard which he sets before himself (Psalms 101:2_ b_ - Psalms 101:4). He requires (Psalms 101:5) the same str...
PSALMS 101 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A King's Resolve to have a pure House and Court and Royal City. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 101:1-2 a, The Theme of Song Announced and Applied to the Conduct becoming, a...
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. -How the king will act in his public capacity. He will not endure slander...
This Ps. is the prayer of a ruler, apparently of a king. Many scholars believe that the title which ascribes its authorship to David is correct, and connect it with David's desire to have the ark brou...
TARRY IN MY SIGHT] RV 'be established before mine eyes.'...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE KING’S SONG PSALMS 101 Jesus said, "First look for the place where God is king. Do the good things that he does". ...
TARRY IN MY SIGHT — _i.e._, stand as a courtier in the royal presence. Comp. Homer: “Hateful to me as gates of hell is he Who hides one thing within his mind and speaks another.”...
לֹֽא ־יֵשֵׁ֨ב ׀ בְּ קֶ֥רֶב בֵּיתִי֮ עֹשֵׂ֪ה ר
Psalms 101:1 THE contents of this psalm go far towards confirming the correctness of the superscription in ascribing it to David, as Ewald acknowledges. To call it an ideal description of a Jewish kin...
MY RIGHTEOUS PURPOSE Psalms 101:1 This psalm, as the title indicates, was composed by David, probably at the commencement of his reign. It contains a number of resolutions upon which he was prepared...
A fine sense of the fitness of things is exhibited by the editor of the psalter in placing this psalm here. Following immediately upon the songs of the enthroned Jehovah, in which there has been perpe...
A pelican, &c. I am become, through grief, like birds that affect solitude and darkness. (Challoner) --- Kaath comes from a root that signifies to vomit (Haydock) as this bird lives chiefly on shell-f...
Reader, pause over these verses. Behold in one, what endearing doctrine it contains! Behold in the other, the solemn denunciations. Like the pillar of a cloud, in the wilderness, the aspect of glory a...
7_He who worketh deceit shall not dwell in the midst of my house _This verse may be explained of all magistrates to whose charge the exercise of public judgments is committed, as well as of household...
Psalms 101 states the principles on which the King will govern His house and the land when He takes the kingdom in the name of Jehovah. Psalms 93 is the thesis, Jehovah reigns: the rage of men, the su...
HE THAT WORKETH DECEIT SHALL NOT DWELL WITHIN MY HOUSE,.... Flatterers, sycophants, tricking and fraudulent persons, who seek to supplant others, and get into their places; these should lose the favou...
He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. Ver. 7. _He that worketh deceit shall not dwell in my house_] If I may know him to be such a...
_He that worketh deceit_ That uses any frauds or subtle artifice to deceive, abuse, or wrong any of my people; _shall not dwell within my house_ Though he may insinuate himself into my family, yet, as...
THE PRINCIPLES OF RIGHT GOVERNMENT. A psalm of David, in which he set forth the guiding rules of his life, especially those of his reign, showing, at the same time, his appreciation of God's mercy to...
He that worketh deceit, indulging in craft, SHALL NOT DWELL WITHIN MY HOUSE, not have a position there, not tarry or be established in that place; HE THAT TELLETH LIES, making it a habit to tell delib...
SHALL NOT TARRY: _ Heb._ shall not be established...
HE THAT WORKETH DECEIT; he who shall use any frauds, or cheats, or subtle artifices to abuse or wrong any of my people; which David's courtiers were more likely to endeavour, because he would not perm...
Psalms 101:7 works H6213 (H8802) deceit H7423 dwell H3427 (H8799) within H7130 house H1004 tells H1696 ...
Psalms 101:1. The last Psalm was a Hymn of Thanksgiving, this one is a Psalm of Thanksgiving. I suppose it to have been written by David just when he assumed the throne, when he was about to become ki...
CONTENTS: David's vow to God when he took upon him the charge of the kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer should resolve to walk by the rules of Christian prudence and in the wa...
TITLE. _A psalm of David._ All the Versions agree with the Hebrew in this title. Psalms 101:3. _I hate the work of them that turn aside;_ a Hebrew phrase for apostasy to idolatry. Instead of going up...
_He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house._ WISE CHOICE OF COMPANIONS “A man is known by the company he keeps;” yes, and by his company you may know what he is coming to be. We unconsci...
I will sing of mercy and judgment. ONE MAN IN TWO CHARACTERS This psalm depicts one man in two characters, one comparatively good, the other comparatively evil. Such a man is a fair type of the race...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 101:1. This is a royal psalm about the place of the Davidic monarchy in God’s plan for his people. It explains for David and his heirs the ideal kind of ruler they should be...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 101:5 The king should promote faithfulness among the people, and this includes protecting the weaker members from those who would do them harm (vv. Psalms 101:5,...
INTRODUCTION According to the superscription, this Psalm was composed by David. Three different times in his life have been suggested as the occasion to which the Psalm refers. First, when, upon the d...
EXPOSITION Tins psalm describes the rightful conduct and proper principles of action of an Israelite king. It is regarded by some as a portrait of an ideal ruler, dramatically put into his mouth; by o...
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Psalms 101:1-8; Psalms 101:1-8 is a psalm of David, and David declares in the first verse, I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing ...
2 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 5:27; 2 Samuel 4:10; Acts 1:16; Acts 1:25;...