Psalms 101:3

“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes, Either the eyes of the body, which are the inlets of lust and are easily caught with objects that inflame the heart, and should be turned aside from beholding vanity; or the eyes of the mind; so the Targum, “I will not propose to my heart;” or, as Kimchi, ''in my thought”, that is, I will not set up an evil thing in my imagination, to dwell upon in my thoughts, and take delight and pleasure in meditating upon it; or set it before me, to imitate as a pattern, to work by, and copy after: Christ did not so; he set the Lord always before him, (<191608>Psalm 16:8), not anything of Belial f1392 or Satan, as the phrase here may be rendered; no, he always…”

“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes - That is, I will propose no wicked thing to be done; I will have no such object in view; I will employ no one to do that which is wrong. The margin, as the Hebrew, is, “thing of Belial.” See the notes at Psalms 41:8. It here means that which is worthless, bad, wicked. He would have no wicked aim; he would not look upon a wicked thing for a moment, or with the least favor. I hate the work of them that turn aside - All their doings, motives, plans. The word rendered “turn aside” means to turn out of the way; out of the right path: Wanderers - transgressors - those who leave the path of truth and honesty. It shall not cleave to me - I will have…”

“set: Psa 18:20-23, Psa 26:4, Psa 26:5, Psa 39:1, Psa 119:37, Psa 119:113; Exo 20:17; Sa2 11:2, Sa2 11:3; 1Kings 21:2-29; Job 31:1; Pro 6:25, Pro 23:31-35; Ecc 6:9; Isa 33:15; Jer 22:17; Hos 7:6, Hos 7:7; Mic 2:2; Mat 5:28; Jam 1:13-15 wicked thing: Heb. thing of Belial, Kg1 21:13 I hate: Psa 97:10; Rom 12:9 them: Psa 14:3, Psa 36:3, Psa 40:4, Psa 78:41, Psa 78:57, Psa 125:5; Exo 32:8; Jos 23:6; Sa1 12:20, Sa1 12:21; Sa1 15:11; Isa 30:11; Zep 1:5, Zep 1:6; Gal 4:9; Heb 10:39; Pe2 2:21; Jo1 2:19 it shall not: Deu 13:17 Psalms 101:4”