Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
- NKJV Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
- NASB Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to eliminate from the city of the Lord all those who do injustice.
- NLT My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked and free the city of the Lord from their grip.
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Quick answer
Each morning David will cut off the wicked from the city of the LORD. He pursues justice diligently and persistently.
Overview
The psalm closes with the king's resolve to root out evildoers from God's city, doing justice continually ('morning by morning'). This expresses zeal to keep the Lord's city pure and righteous. It anticipates the final cleansing of God's city by Christ, when all evil is removed and the righteous dwell with Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 75:10I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
- Jer 21:12House of David, Yahweh says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Prov 16:12It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.
- Ps 48:8As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
- Ps 46:4There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
- Rev 22:14–15Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
- Prov 20:8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
- Prov 20:26A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
- Ps 48:2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.
- Mic 3:9Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
- Rev 21:27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
- Hos 9:3They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
- Mic 2:8–10But lately my people have risen up as an enemy. You strip the robe and clothing from those who pass by without a care, returning from battle.
- Mic 3:1–4I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
- Ps 118:10–12All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.
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