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No one who practices deceit
    will be permitted to remain in my house.
No one who utters lies
    will be numbered among my companions.[a]
Morning after morning[b] I will banish
    all the wicked from the land,
    removing all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 101:7 Will . . . companions: another translation is: “will stand in my presence.”
  2. Psalm 101:8 Evildoers will be eradicated from the kingdom. Morning after morning: the customary time for administering justice (see 2 Sam 15:2; Jer 21:12) and for receiving God’s help (see Pss 59:17; 143:8; Isa 33:2). City of the Lord: see Pss 46:5f; 48:2f, 9; 87:3.

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

Every morning(A) I will put to silence
    all the wicked(B) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer(C)
    from the city of the Lord.(D)

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