Psalms 101

1 A psalm of David. I will sing of covenant faithfulness and justice; to you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

2 I will walk in the way of integrity. Oh, when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity within my house.

I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

3 I will not put wrongdoing before my eyes; I hate worthless evil; it will not cling to me.

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

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

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

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

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

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.

My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

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

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

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

Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.