Psalms 101

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

I will sing of chesed ·loving-kindness· and mishpat ·justice·. To you, Adonai, I will sing zahmar ·musical praise·.

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 be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless 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 set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

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

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

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 silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

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 the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

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

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established 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, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of vain striving of iniquity from Adonai’s city.