Psalmorum 101

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

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

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

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 injustam; facientes prævaricationes odivi; non adhæsit 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; declinantem a me malignum 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 terræ, ut sedeant mecum; ambulans in via immaculata, 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 habitabit in medio domus meæ 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 terræ, 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.