Psalmorum 101

1 David psalmus misericordiam et iudicium cantabo tibi Domine psallam

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

2 et intellegam in via inmaculata quando venies ad me perambulabam in innocentia cordis mei in medio domus meae

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 non proponebam ante oculos meos rem iniustam facientes praevaricationes odivi non adhesit mihi

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 cor pravum declinante a me maligno non cognoscebam

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

5 detrahentem secreto proximo suo hunc persequebar superbo oculo et insatiabili corde cum hoc non edebam

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

6 oculi mei ad fideles terrae ut sederent mecum ambulans in via inmaculata hic mihi ministrabat

I will favour 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 non habitabat in medio domus meae qui facit superbiam qui loquitur iniqua non direxit in conspectu oculorum meorum

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

8 in matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores terrae ut disperderem de civitate Domini omnes operantes iniquitatem

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.