Psalms 101:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַבְּקָרִ֗ים אַצְמִ֥ית כָּל־רִשְׁעֵי־אָ֑רֶץ לְהַכְרִ֥ית מֵֽעִיר־יְ֝הוָ֗ה כָּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

At the bĕqārîm I will ʾaṣmît all-rishʿê-ʾāreṣ, to hakhrit from ʿîr-YHWH all-pōʿălê ʾāwen.

Grammar Details

*bĕqārîm*: masculine plural noun with prefix lā- (to/at) - mornings
*ʾaṣmît*: Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will destroy/cut off/silence
*rishʿê*: masculine plural construct - wicked ones of
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land/earth
*hakhrit*: Hiphil infinitive construct with preposition lĕ- (to/for) - to cut off/destroy
*ʿîr*: feminine singular construct - city of
*YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
*pōʿălê*: masculine plural construct - workers/doers of
*ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - iniquity/wickedness/trouble

Word Meanings

*bĕqārîm*: mornings/every morning/at dawn
*ʾaṣmît*: I will destroy/I will cut off/I will silence/I will put an end to
*rishʿê*: wicked ones/evildoers/guilty ones
*ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/country/ground
*hakhrit*: to cut off/to destroy/to eliminate/to root out
*ʿîr*: city/town/settlement
*pōʿălê*: workers of/doers of/practitioners of
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/idolatry

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 75:10 : 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Jer 21:12 : 12 O house of David, thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Ps 48:8 : 8 As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. {H5542}
Ps 48:2 : 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
Ps 46:4 : 4 There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Mic 2:8-9 : 8 But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely [as men] averse from war. 9 The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever. 10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.
Mic 3:1-4 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice? 2 ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
Mic 3:9 : 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
Rev 21:27 : 27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Rev 22:14-15 : 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. 15 {G1161} Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 12 They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Prov 16:12 : 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.
Prov 20:8 : 8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Prov 20:26 : 26 A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the [threshing] -wheel over them.

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