Psalms 101:3-8

101:3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. ¹ 

I hate doing evil; ² 

I will have no part of it. ³ 

101:4 I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; ⁴ 

I will not permit ⁵  evil.

101:5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret.

I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude. ⁶ 

101:6 I will favor the honest people of the land, ⁷ 

and allow them to live with me. ⁸ 

Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. ⁹ 

101:7 Deceitful people will not live in my palace. ¹⁰ 

Liars will not be welcome in my presence. ¹¹ 

101:8 Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,

and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Luke 14:26

14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate ¹²  his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, ¹³  he cannot be my disciple.

¹ tn Heb “I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness.”

² tn Heb “the doing of swerving [deeds] I hate.” The Hebrew term סֵטִים (setim) is probably an alternate spelling of שֵׂטִים (setim), which appears in many medieval Hebrew mss. The form appears to be derived from a verbal root שׂוּט (sut, “to fall away; to swerve”; see Ps 40:4).

³ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doing of evil deeds] does not cling to me.”

⁴ tn Heb “a perverse heart will turn aside from me.” The adjective עִקֵּשׁ (’iqqesh) has the basic nuance “twisted; crooked” and by extension refers to someone or something that is morally perverse (see Ps 18:26). It appears frequently in the Book of Proverbs, where it is used of evil people (22:5), speech (8:8; 19:1), thoughts (11:20; 17:20), and life styles (2:15; 28:6).

⁵ tn Heb “know.” The king will not willingly allow perverse individuals to remain in his royal court.

⁶ tn Heb “[one who has] pride of eyes and wideness [i.e., arrogance] of heart, him I will not endure.”

⁷ tn Heb “my eyes [are] on the faithful of the land.”

⁸ tn The Hebrew text simply reads, “in order to live with me.”

⁹ tn Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “he will not live in the midst of my house, one who does deceit.”

¹¹ tn Heb “one who speaks lies will not be established before my eyes.”

¹² tn This figurative use operates on a relative scale. God is to be loved more than family or self.

¹³ tn Grk “his own soul,” but ψυχή (yuch) is frequently used of one’s physical life. It clearly has that meaning in this context.