君王的诺言

大卫的诗。

101 耶和华啊,
我要歌颂你的慈爱和公正,
我要歌颂你。
我要谨慎行事,
走正直的路,
你何时来我这里?
我要在家中以正直的心行事。
我要弃绝恶事,
我憎恶背弃上帝者的行为,
不沾染他们的恶行。
我要远离心思悖逆的人,
不与邪恶的事有任何瓜葛。
我要消灭暗中毁谤邻居的人,
也不容忍心高气傲的人。
我要看顾国中忠于上帝的人,
让他们与我同住。
行事正直的人才能服侍我。
诡诈的人必不得与我同住,
口出谎言的人必不得侍立在我面前。
每天早晨我要消灭国中所有的恶人,
从耶和华的城中铲除一切作恶的人。

David wrote this psalm.

The king's song[a]

101 I will sing and praise you, Lord!
I will sing about your faithful love and your justice.[b]
I will be careful to live in a completely good way.
    When will you come to help me, Lord?
In my own home,
    I will always be completely honest.
As for evil things,
    I will not even think about them.
I hate the things that wicked people do.
    They will not be my friends.
I will keep away from people with wrong thoughts.
    I will not mix with them.
If anyone secretly speaks against his friend,
    I will destroy them.
If anyone is proud and they boast about themselves,
    I will send them away from me.
Instead, I will work with people
    that I can trust.
I will let them live with me and be my guides.
My servants will be people
    who live in an honest way.
People who deceive others or who tell lies
    will not have a place in my home.
Every morning I will remove
    any wicked person who lives in our land.[c]
Nobody who does evil things
    will remain in the city of the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. 101:1 David promises to serve God and to rule his people well.
  2. 101:1 ‘Faithful love’ is the love that God has for his own people.
  3. 101:8 Every morning probably means the time when David judged people. He decided whether they deserved punishment.