Psalms 101

1 A Psalm of David. I will sing to you, O Lord, of mercy and judgement; I will sing a psalm,

A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.

2 and I will be wise in a blameless way. When will you come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

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 have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors.

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 has not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me.

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

5 Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from [me]: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, —with him I have not eaten.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbour. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

6 Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered 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 The proud doer lived not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

8 Early did I kill all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.

Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD’s city.