Psalms 101
1 David’s. A Melody. Of lovingkindness and of justice, will I sing! Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I touch the strings!
“By David, a psalm.” Of kindness and justice will I sing: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing praises.
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 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.
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 not set before my eyes a godless thing; to commit a departure [from righteousness] do I hate; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A perverse heart, shall depart from me, A maker of mischief, will I not acknowledge;
A perverse heart shall depart from me: evil will I not know.
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.
Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not 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 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.
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 practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed before my eyes.
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.
Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong-doers.
