Psalms 101:3. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:
"I will not look at it, for if I do, I may long for it." It is the tendency of things that are gazed at to get through the eyes into the mind and the heart, therefore is it wise to say with the psalmist, "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes."
Psalms 101:3. I hate the work of them that turn aside;
He means all those who practice dodges, the "policy" people, those who never go straight. Kings usually like such people as these. Do not men say that an ambassador is a gentleman who is paid to live abroad, and to lie for the benefit of his country? I suppose that is what diplomatists in David’s day generally did, but David resolved that he would have none of that sort of folk about him: "I hate the work of them that turn aside."
Psalms 101:3. It shall not cleave to me.
"If I touch it, I will not let it stick to me. Pitch defiles, so I will keep clear of it, and if any man tries to practice a trick for my advantage, I will have nothing to do with him."
Psalms 101:3. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:
"I will not look at it, for if I do, I may long for it." It is the tendency of things that are gazed at to get through the eyes into the mind and the heart, therefore is it wise to say with the psalmist, "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes."
Psalms 101:3. I hate the work of them that turn aside;
He means all those who practice dodges, the "policy" people, those who never go straight. Kings usually like such people as these. Do not men say that an ambassador is a gentleman who is paid to live abroad, and to lie for the benefit of his country? I suppose that is what diplomatists in David’s day generally did, but David resolved that he would have none of that sort of folk about him: "I hate the work of them that turn aside."
Psalms 101:3. It shall not cleave to me.
"If I touch it, I will not let it stick to me. Pitch defiles, so I will keep clear of it, and if any man tries to practice a trick for my advantage, I will have nothing to do with him."