Psalms 101

1 [A Psalm by David.] I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, YHWH, I will sing praises.

David’s. A Melody. Of lovingkindness and of justice, will I sing! Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I touch the strings!

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.

I will behave myself wisely in a blameless way, When wilt thou come in unto me? I will walk to and fro in the blamelessness 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 will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing, —The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;

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

A perverse heart, shall depart from me, A maker of mischief, will I not acknowledge;

5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.

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 walketh in a blameless way, he, shall attend me.

7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

There shall not dwell in the midst of my house, One who worketh deceit, —he that speaketh falsehoods, shall not be established before mine eyes;

8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all evildoers from YHWH's city.

Morning by morning, will I uproot, All the lawless ones of the land, That I may cut off, out of the city of Yahweh—All the workers of iniquity.