Psalms 101

1 A PSALM OF DAVID. I sing kindness and judgment, To You, O YHWH, I sing praise.

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

2 I act wisely in a perfect way, When do You come to me? I habitually 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 do not set a worthless thing before my eyes, I have hated the work of those turning aside, It does not adhere to me.

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

4 A perverse heart turns aside from me, I do not know wickedness.

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

5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, Him I do not endure.

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 are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoever is walking in a perfect way, he serves 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 who is working deceit does not dwell in my house, Whoever is speaking lies is not established 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 At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of YHWH All the workers of iniquity!

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.