I will conduct the affairs^(C) of my house
    with a blameless heart.
³ I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.^(D)

I hate what faithless people do;^(E)
    I will have no part in it.
⁴ The perverse of heart^(F) shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

⁵ Whoever slanders their neighbor^(G) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes^(H) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

⁶ My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless^(I)
    will minister to me.

⁷ No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

⁸ Every morning^(J) I will put to silence
    all the wicked^(K) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer^(L)
    from the city of the Lord.^(M)

²⁰ May this be the Lord’s payment^(A) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil^(B) of me.

²¹ But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;^(C)
    out of the goodness of your love,^(D) deliver me.^(E)
22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(F)
    I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give^(G) way from fasting;^(H)
    my body is thin and gaunt.^(I)
25 I am an object of scorn^(J) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.^(K)

²⁶ Help me,^(L) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷ Let them know^(M) that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
²⁸ While they curse,^(N) may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.^(O)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame^(P) as in a cloak.

³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng^(Q) of worshipers I will praise him.