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)

A psalm by David.

101 I will sing about mercy and justice.
O Lord, I will make music to praise you.
I want to understand the path to integrity.
When will you come to me?

I will live in my own home with integrity.
I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes.
I hate what unfaithful people do.
I want no part of it.
I will keep far away from devious minds.
I will have nothing to do with evil.
I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor.
I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart.
My eyes will be watching the faithful people in the land
so that they may live with me.
The person who lives with integrity will serve me.

The one who does deceitful things will not stay in my home.
The one who tells lies will not remain in my presence.

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land
to rid the Lord’s city of all troublemakers.

101 主よ。あなたがどんなに恵み深く
公正なお方であるかを、ほめ歌います。
私は潔白な道を歩もうと心がけていますが、
神の助けなしには何もできません。
特に、御心にそった歩みをしたいと
せつに願う家庭の中でこそ、
助けていただきたいのです。
卑しいものを退け、あらゆる不正を憎んで、
それにかかわることがないように助けください。
いっさいの自己中心を捨て、
すべての悪から遠ざかります。

陰で隣人を中傷するような人間には容赦をしません。
また、人々のうぬぼれや思い上がりも
黙って見てはいられません。
神を敬う人こそ真の英雄と考えて、
私の家へ招きます。
身も心も潔白な人だけが、
わが家の召使となれるのです。
うそを言ったり裏切ったりする人を
泊めることなどいたしません。
悪人を追い出して神の都を守ることが、
私の日々の務めなのです。