Psalms 101
1 Yahweh, I will sing to you! I will sing about [your] faithfully loving [us] (OR, my being loyal to you and acting justly/fairly [toward people]).
A Psalm of David. I will sing to you, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm,
2 [I promise that] while I rule people [MTY], I will behave in such a way that no one will be able to criticize me. Yahweh, (when will you come to [help] me?/I need you to come to [help] me.) [RHQ] I will do things that are right.
and I will be wise in a blameless way. When will you come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
3 I will not allow stay away from those who do what is evil [SYN]. I hate the deeds of those who ([turn away from/sin against]) you; I will (completely avoid those people/not allow those people to come near me).
I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors.
4 I will not be dishonest, and I will not have anything to do with evil (OR, evil people).
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 get rid of anyone who secretly slanders someone else, and I will not (tolerate/allow to be near me) anyone who is proud and arrogant [DOU].
Him that privily speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from [me]: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, —with him I have not eaten.
6 I will approve of [IDM] people in this land who (are loyal to/faithfully [obey]) [God], and I will allow them to (live with/work for) me. I will allow those who behave in such a way that no one can criticize them to (serve me/be my officials).
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 I will not allow anyone who deceives others to work in my palace; no one who tells lies will be allowed to continually come to [work for] me.
The proud doer lived not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.
8 Every day I will [try to] get rid of all the wicked people in this land; I will [do that by] expelling them from [this] city, which is Yahweh’s city.
Early did I kill all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.
