Psalms 101:8

WEB

Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the Lord's city.

KJV

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

Commentary

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land, Of the land of Israel, signifying that he would make a general reformation throughout the ki ngdom; that as soon as wicked men were discovered in any part of the land, he would cut them off, would take the first opportunity of punishing them as the law directs: or he would do it "in morning" (s), as in the Hebrew text; that is, every morning, constantly and continually; (s) "in matutinis", Montanus, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; so Ainsworth. Next: Psalms Chapter 102 Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Psalms: Psalm... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Psalms: Psalm... »