< Psalms 101 >
1 [A Psalm by David.] I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.
A Psalm of David. I will sing to thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm,
2 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.
and I will be wise in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors.
4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
A perverse heart has not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me.
5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from [me]: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, —with him I have not eaten.
6 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.
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.
7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.
8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all evildoers from the LORD's city.
Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.