Psalms 101

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

Of David, a psalm. If kindness and justice I sing, making melody to you, Lord.

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 would look to the way that is blameless, and make it my own. Within my own house I would walk with an innocent heart.

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

I would never direct my eyes to a thing that is base. The impulse to stray I abhor it shall 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.

Far from me be perverseness of heart, or kinship with evil.

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

Who slanders their neighbour in secret, I bring them to silence: haughty looks and proud hearts I will not abide.

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.

I will favour the true in the land, they shall live in my court. Those who walk in a way that is blameless will be my attendant.

7 The proud doer lived not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.

No one will live in my house who practises guile. No one that speaks a lie will abide in my presence.

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.

Morn by morn I will wholly wipe out all the bad in the land, and cut off from the Lord’s own city all workers of evil.