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Psalm 101  New International Version

Psalm 101

Of David. A psalm.

1 I will sing of your love(A) and justice;
    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
2 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.
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)

Cross references

  1. Psalm 101:1 : Ps 33:1; 51:14; 89:1; 145:7
  2. Psalm 101:2 : S Ge 17:1; Php 1:10
  3. Psalm 101:2 : S 1Ki 3:14
  4. Psalm 101:3 : Jer 16:18; Eze 11:21; Hos 9:10
  5. Psalm 101:3 : S Ps 5:5
  6. Psalm 101:4 : Pr 3:32; 6:16-19; 11:20
  7. Psalm 101:5 : S Ex 20:16; S Lev 19:16
  8. Psalm 101:5 : S Ps 10:5
  9. Psalm 101:6 : ver 2; Ps 119:1
  10. Psalm 101:8 : Ps 5:3; Jer 21:12
  11. Psalm 101:8 : Ps 75:10
  12. Psalm 101:8 : S 2Sa 3:39; Ps 118:10-12
  13. Psalm 101:8 : S Ps 46:4
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Psalm 101  New King James Version

Promised Faithfulness to the Lord

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

2 I will behave wisely in a [a]perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will (A)walk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set nothing [b]wicked before my eyes;
(B)I hate the work of those (C)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not (D)know wickedness.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(E)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [c]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not [d]continue in my presence.
8 (F)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers (G)from the city of the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 101:2 blameless
  2. Psalm 101:3 worthless
  3. Psalm 101:6 blameless
  4. Psalm 101:7 Lit. be established

Cross references

  1. Psalm 101:2 : 1 Kin. 11:4
  2. Psalm 101:3 : Ps. 97:10
  3. Psalm 101:3 : Josh. 23:6
  4. Psalm 101:4 : [Ps. 119:115]
  5. Psalm 101:5 : Prov. 6:17
  6. Psalm 101:8 : [Ps. 75:10]; Jer. 21:12
  7. Psalm 101:8 : Ps. 48:2, 8
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