Psalm 101

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Psalm 101

A Sovereign’s Pledge of Integrity and Justice

Of David. A Psalm.

¹I will sing of loyalty and of justice;
to you, O Lord, I will sing.
²I will study the way that is blameless.
When shall I attain it?

I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;
³I will not set before my eyes
anything that is base.

I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
⁴Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.

⁵One who secretly slanders a neighbour
I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.

⁶I will look with favour on the faithful in the land,
so that they may live with me;
whoever walks in the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.

⁷No one who practises deceit
shall remain in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue in my presence.

⁸Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all evildoers
from the city of the Lord.

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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