Psalmorum 101

1 Psalmus ipsi David. Misericordiam et judicium cantabo tibi, Domine; psallam,

A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

2 et intelligam in via immaculata: quando venies ad me? Perambulabam in innocentia cordis mei, in medio domus meæ.

I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

3 Non proponebam ante oculos meos rem injustam; facientes prævaricationes odivi; non adhæsit mihi

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

4 cor pravum; declinantem a me malignum non cognoscebam.

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

5 Detrahentem secreto proximo suo, hunc persequebar: superbo oculo, et insatiabili corde, cum hoc non edebam.

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

6 Oculi mei ad fideles terræ, ut sedeant mecum; ambulans in via immaculata, hic mihi ministrabat.

My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

7 Non habitabit in medio domus meæ qui facit superbiam; qui loquitur iniqua non direxit in conspectu oculorum meorum.

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

8 In matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores terræ, ut disperderem de civitate Domini omnes operantes iniquitatem.

Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.