< Psalms 101 >

1 A psalm of David. I will sing of covenant faithfulness and justice; to you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
A Psalm of David. I will sing to you, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm,
2 I will walk in the way of integrity. Oh, when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity within my house.
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 put wrongdoing before my eyes; I hate worthless evil; it will not cling to me.
I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors.
4 Perverse people will leave me; I am not loyal to evil.
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 destroy whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I will not tolerate anyone who has a proud demeanor and an arrogant attitude.
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 look to the faithful of the land to sit at my side. Those who walk in the way of integrity may serve me.
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 Deceitful people will not remain within my house; liars will not be welcome before my eyes.
The proud doer lived not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.
8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked from the land; I will remove all evildoers from the city of Yahweh.
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.

< Psalms 101 >