Psalms 101

1 I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To thee, O Jehovah, I will sing praises.

Of David, a psalm. If kindness and justice I sing, making melody to you, Lord.

2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will thou come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

I would look to the way that is blameless, and make it my own. Within my own house I would walk with an innocent heart.

3 I will set no base thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who turn aside. It shall not cleave to me.

I would never direct my eyes to a thing that is base. The impulse to stray I abhor it shall not cling to me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me. I will know no evil thing.

Far from me be perverseness of heart, or kinship with evil.

5 He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

Who slanders their neighbor in secret, I bring them to silence: haughty looks and proud hearts I will not abide.

6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he shall minister to me.

I will favor the true in the land, they shall live in my court. Those who walk in a way that is blameless will be my attendant.

7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood shall not be established before my eyes.

No one will live in my house who practises guile. No one that speaks a lie will abide in my presence.

8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

Morn by morn I will wholly wipe out all the bad in the land, and cut off from the Lord’s own city all workers of evil.