Psalms 101:8

8 vigilavi et factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto

Psalms 101:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 101:8

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land,
&e.] Of the land of Israel, signifying that he would make a general reformation throughout the kingdom; 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" F19, as in the Hebrew text; that is, every morning, constantly and continually;


FOOTNOTES:

F19 (Myrqbl) "in matutinis", Montanus, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; so Ainsworth.

Psalms 101:8 In-Context

6 a voce gemitus mei adhesit os meum carni meae
7 similis factus sum pelicano solitudinis factus sum sicut nycticorax in domicilio
8 vigilavi et factus sum sicut passer solitarius in tecto
9 tota die exprobrabant mihi inimici mei et qui laudabant me adversus me iurabant
10 quia cinerem tamquam panem manducavi et poculum meum cum fletu miscebam
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