Psalms 101

1 David’s. A Melody. Of lovingkindness and of justice, will I sing! Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I touch the strings!

[A Psalm by David.] I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.

2 I will behave myself wisely in a blameless way, When wilt thou come in unto me? I will walk to and fro in the blamelessness of my heart, —in the midst of my house:

I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

3 I will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing, —The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

4 A perverse heart, shall depart from me, A maker of mischief, will I not acknowledge;

A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

5 He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

6 Mine eyes, shall be upon the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me, —he that walketh in a blameless way, he, shall attend me.

My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

7 There shall not dwell in the midst of my house, One who worketh deceit, —he that speaketh falsehoods, shall not be established before mine eyes;

He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.

8 Morning by morning, will I uproot, All the lawless ones of the land, That I may cut off, out of the city of Yahweh—All the workers of iniquity.

Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all evildoers from the LORD's city.