Psalm 101

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 101

A Vow of Integrity

A Davidic psalm.

¹I will sing of faithful love and justice;
I will sing praise to You, Lord.^(A)
²I will pay attention to the way of integrity.
When will You come to me?
I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.^(B)
³I will not set anything worthless before my eyes.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.^(C)
⁴A devious heart will be far from me;
I will not be involved with^[a] evil.^(D)

⁵I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;^(E)
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.^(F)
⁶My eyes favor the faithful of the land
so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity
may serve me.^(G)
⁷No one who acts deceitfully
will live in my palace;
no one who tells lies
will remain in my presence.^[b]^(H)
⁸Every morning I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
eliminating all evildoers from the Lord’s city.^(I)

Footnotes

Psalm 101:4 Lit not know
Psalm 101:7 Lit in front of my eyes

Psalm 101

The Message

101 ^1-8My theme song is God’s love and justice,
    and I’m singing it right to you, God.
I’m finding my way down the road of right living,
    but how long before you show up?
I’m doing the very best I can,
    and I’m doing it at home, where it counts.
I refuse to take a second look
    at corrupting people and degrading things.
I reject made-in-Canaan gods,
    stay clear of contamination.
The crooked in heart keep their distance;
    I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil.
I put a gag on the gossip
    who bad-mouths his neighbor;
I can’t stand
    arrogance.
But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people—
    they’re the ones I want working with me;
Men and women on the straight and narrow—
    these are the ones I want at my side.
But no one who traffics in lies
    gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars.
I’ve rounded up all the wicked like cattle
    and herded them right out of the country.
I purged God’s city
    of all who make a business of evil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Message (MSG)

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