Psalms 101

1 A psalm for David himself. Mercy and judgment I will sing to thee, O Lord: I will sing,

A Psalm of David. I will sing to thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm,

2 And I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

and I will be wise in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

3 I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: I hated the workers of iniquities.

I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors.

4 The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

A perverse heart has not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me.

5 The man that in private detracted his neighbour, him did I persecute. With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, I would not eat.

Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from [me]: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, —with him I have not eaten.

6 My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.

Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me.

7 He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.

8 In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.

Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.