Psalms 101

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

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

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.

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

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me: evil will I not know.

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

5 Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not 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 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 were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.

7 He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed before my eyes.

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 Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong-doers.

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.