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 of mercy and judgment: to thee, O LORD, will I sing.

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.

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

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

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

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

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person].

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.

Whoever privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

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.

My eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve 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.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry 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.

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all who practice wickedness from the city of the LORD.