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 for David himself. Mercy and judgment I will sing to thee, O Lord: I will sing,

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.

And I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

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 did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

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

The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

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.

The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

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 were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.

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

He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper 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.

In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.