Psalms 101

1 `The salm of Dauid. Lord, Y schal synge to thee; merci and doom.

Of David, a psalm. If kindness and justice I sing, making melody to you, Lord.

2 I schal synge, and Y schal vndurstonde in a weie with out wem; whanne thou schalt come to me. I yede perfitli in the innocence of myn herte; in the myddil of myn hous.

I would look to the way that is blameless, and make it my own. Within my own house I would walk with an innocent heart.

3 I settide not forth bifore myn iyen an vniust thing; Y hatide hem that maden trespassyngis.

I would never direct my eyes to a thing that is base. The impulse to stray I abhor it shall not cling to me.

4 A schrewide herte cleuede not to me; Y knewe not a wickid man bowynge awei fro me.

Far from me be perverseness of heart, or kinship with evil.

5 I pursuede hym; that bacbitide priueli his neiybore. With the proude iye and an herte vnable to be fillid; Y eet not with this.

Who slanders their neighbor in secret, I bring them to silence: haughty looks and proud hearts I will not abide.

6 Myn iyen weren to the feithful men of erthe, that thei sitte with me; he that yede in a weie with out wem, mynystride to me.

I will favor the true in the land, they shall live in my court. Those who walk in a way that is blameless will be my attendant.

7 He that doith pride, schal not dwelle in the myddil of myn hous; he that spekith wickid thingis, seruede not in the siyt of myn iyen.

No one will live in my house who practises guile. No one that speaks a lie will abide in my presence.

8 In the morutid Y killide alle the synners of erthe; that Y schulde leese fro the citee of the Lord alle men worchynge wickidnesse.

Morn by morn I will wholly wipe out all the bad in the land, and cut off from the Lord’s own city all workers of evil.