Psalms 101

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

“By David, a psalm.” Of kindness and justice will I sing: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing praises.

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 carefully regard the way of the perfect: oh when will thou come unto me? I will walk in the integrity 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 will not set before my eyes a godless thing; to commit a departure [from righteousness] do I hate; it shall not cleave to me.

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

A perverse heart shall depart from me: evil will I 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.

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not suffer.

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 shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me: he that walketh in the way of the perfect, he it is that shall serve me.

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

He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed 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.

Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong-doers.