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3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
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Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. …
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)David here cuts out to himself and others a pattern both of a good magistrate and a good master of a family; and, if these were careful to discharge the duty of their place, it would contribute very much to a universal reformation. Observe, I. The chosen subject of the psalm (Ps. 101:1): I will sing of mercy and judgment , that is, 1. Of God’s mercy and judgment, and then it looks back upon the di…
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