Psalm 101

En gudfruktig kung

En psalm av David.

Om nåd och rätt vill jag sjunga,
    dig, Herre, vill jag lovprisa.
Jag vill ge akt på den fullkomliga vägen.
När kommer du till mig?
    Jag vill föra en fullkomlig vandel
där jag bor i mitt hus.
Jag vänder ej mitt öga till det onda.
Att handla trolöst hatar jag,
    det skall inte finnas hos mig.
Ett falskt hjärta må vara långt ifrån mig,
det onda vill jag inte veta av.
Den som baktalar sin nästa,
    honom vill jag förgöra,
den som har stolta ögon och högmodigt hjärta
tål jag inte.
Mina ögon ser efter de trofasta i landet,
för att de skall bo hos mig.
    Den som vandrar på den fullkomliga vägen,
han skall tjäna mig.

Den som handlar svekfullt
    får inte bo i mitt hus,
den som talar lögn
    skall inte bestå inför mina ögon.
Varje morgon skall jag förgöra
    alla ogudaktiga i landet
och utrota alla ogärningsmän ur Herrens stad.

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

101 I will (A)sing of lovingkindness and [a]justice,
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
I will [b](B)give heed to the [c]blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the [d](C)integrity of my heart.
I will set no (D)worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the [e]work of those who (E)fall away;
It shall not fasten its grip on me.
A (F)perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will know no evil.
Whoever secretly (G)slanders his neighbor, him I will [f]destroy;
No one who has a (H)haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [g](I)blameless way is the one who will minister to me.
He who (J)practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who speaks falsehood (K)shall not [h]maintain his position before me.
(L)Every morning I will [i](M)destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to (N)cut off from the (O)city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 101:1 Or judgment
  2. Psalm 101:2 Or behave prudently in
  3. Psalm 101:2 Or way of integrity
  4. Psalm 101:2 Or blamelessness
  5. Psalm 101:3 Or practice of apostasy
  6. Psalm 101:5 Or silence
  7. Psalm 101:6 Or way of integrity
  8. Psalm 101:7 Lit be established before my eyes
  9. Psalm 101:8 Or silence

Psalm 101

Of David. A psalm.

I will sing of your love(A) and justice;
    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
I will be careful to lead a blameless life(B)
    when will you come to me?

I will conduct the affairs(C) of my house
    with a blameless heart.
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.
The perverse of heart(F) shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

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.

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.

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

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)