Psalms 101

1 A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: to thee, O LORD, will I sing.

A PSALM OF DAVID. I sing kindness and judgment, To You, O YHWH, I sing praise.

2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

I act wisely in a perfect way, When do You come to me? I habitually walk in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

I do not set a worthless thing before my eyes, I have hated the work of those turning aside, It does not adhere to me.

4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person].

A perverse heart turns aside from me, I do not know wickedness.

5 Whoever privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, Him I do not endure.

6 My eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

My eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoever is walking in a perfect way, he serves me.

7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

He who is working deceit does not dwell in my house, Whoever is speaking lies is not established before my eyes.

8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all who practice wickedness from the city of the LORD.

At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of YHWH All the workers of iniquity!