Psalms 101

1 A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

A Psalm. Of David. I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.

2 I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.

3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.

5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.

7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes.

8 Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.