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 of covenant faithfulness and justice; to you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

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.

I will walk in the way of integrity. Oh, when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity within 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 will not put wrongdoing before my eyes; I hate worthless evil; it will not cling to me.

4 I will not be dishonest, and I will not have anything to do with evil (OR, evil people).

Perverse people will leave me; I am not loyal to evil.

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].

I will destroy whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone who has a proud demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

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).

I will look to the faithful of the land to sit at my side. Those who walk in the way of integrity may serve 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.

Deceitful people will not remain within my house; liars will not be welcome before my eyes.

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.

Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked from the land; I will remove all evildoers from the city of Yahweh.