Psalms 101

1 A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

A Psalm of David. I will sing of loving-kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms.

2 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.

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

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

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

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

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.

Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

6 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.

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

He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.

8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.

Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.