Psalms 101

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

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

2 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.

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

3 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.

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

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

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

5 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.

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

6 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.

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.

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

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

8 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.

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