Psalms 101

1 “By David, a psalm.” Of kindness and justice will I sing: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing praises.

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

2 I will carefully regard the way of the perfect: oh when will thou come unto me? I will walk in the integrity 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 will not set before my eyes a godless thing; to commit a departure [from righteousness] do I hate; it shall not cleave to me.

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 shall depart from me: evil will I not know.

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

5 Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not suffer.

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

6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me: he that walketh in the way of the perfect, he it is that shall serve 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 practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed 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 Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong-doers.

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.