Psalms 101

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

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

2 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.

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

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

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

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

5 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.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

6 My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served 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 He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

He who practices deceit will not dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood will not be established before my eyes.

8 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.

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.