Psalms 101

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

Of David, a psalm. If kindness and justice I sing, making melody to you, Lord.

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 would look to the way that is blameless, and make it my own. Within my own house I would walk with an innocent 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 would never direct my eyes to a thing that is base. The impulse to stray I abhor it shall not cling to me.

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

Far from me be perverseness of heart, or kinship with evil.

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.

Who slanders their neighbor in secret, I bring them to silence: haughty looks and proud hearts I will not abide.

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.

I will favor the true in the land, they shall live in my court. Those who walk in a way that is blameless will be my attendant.

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;

No one will live in my house who practises guile. No one that speaks a lie will abide in my presence.

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.

Morn by morn I will wholly wipe out all the bad in the land, and cut off from the Lord’s own city all workers of evil.