Psalms 101

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

I will sing of mercy and judgment: to you, O LORD, will I sing.

2 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:

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 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;

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not stick to me.

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

A fraudulent heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

5 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.

Whoever privately slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that has an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

6 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.

My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

7 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;

He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tells lies shall not tarry in my sight.

8 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.

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.