< Psalmorum 101 >
1 Psalmus ipsi David. Misericordiam, et iudicium cantabo tibi Domine: Psallam,
“By David, a psalm.” Of kindness and justice will I sing: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing praises.
2 et intelligam in via immaculata, quando venies ad me. Perambulabam in innocentia cordis mei, in medio domus meæ.
I will carefully regard the way of the perfect: oh when will thou come unto me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.
3 Non proponebam ante oculos meos rem iniustam: facientes prævaricationes odivi.
I will not set before my eyes a godless thing; to commit a departure [from righteousness] do I hate; it shall not cleave to me.
4 Non adhæsit mihi cor pravum: declinantem a me malignum non cognoscebam.
A perverse heart shall depart from me: evil will I not know.
5 Detrahentem secreto proximo suo, hunc persequebar. Superbo oculo, et insatiabili corde, cum hoc non edebam.
Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not suffer.
6 Oculi mei ad fideles terræ ut sedeant mecum: ambulans in via immaculata, hic mihi ministrabat.
My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me: he that walketh in the way of the perfect, he it is that shall serve me.
7 Non habitabit in medio domus meæ qui facit superbiam: qui loquitur iniqua, non direxit in conspectu oculorum meorum.
He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed before my eyes.
8 In matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores terræ: ut disperderem de civitate Domini omnes operantes iniquitatem.
Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong-doers.