Psalms 101

1 A Psalme of David. I will sing mercie and iudgement: vnto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

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

2 I will doe wisely in the perfite way, till thou commest to me: I will walke in the vprightnes of mine heart in the middes of mine house.

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.

3 I wil set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that fall away: it shall not cleaue vnto me.

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

4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will knowe none euill.

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

5 Him that priuily slandereth his neighbour, wil I destroy: him that hath a proude looke and hie heart, I cannot suffer.

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.

6 Mine eyes shalbe vnto the faithfull of the lande, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfite way, he shall serue me.

My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.

7 There shall no deceitful person dwell within mine house: he that telleth lyes, shall not remaine in my sight.

He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

8 Betimes will I destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord.

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.