Psalm 101

Legacy Standard Bible

Consider the Way of the Blameless

Of David. A Psalm.

101 I will ^(A)sing of lovingkindness and ^[a]justice,
To You, O Yahweh, I will sing praises.
²I will ^[b]^(B)consider the way of the blameless.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the ^[c]^(C)integrity of my heart.
³I will set no ^(D)vile thing before my eyes;
I hate the ^[d]work of those who ^(E)fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
⁴A ^(F)crooked heart shall depart from me;
I will know no evil.
⁵Whoever secretly ^(G)slanders his neighbor, him I will ^[e]destroy;
Whoever has a ^(H)haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure.

⁶My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me;
He who walks in the ^(I)way of the blameless is the one who will minister to me.
⁷He who ^(J)practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who speaks lies ^(K)shall not be established before my eyes.
⁸^(L)Every morning I will ^[f]^(M)destroy all the wicked of the land,
To ^(N)cut off from the ^(O)city of Yahweh all the workers of iniquity.

Footnotes

Psalm 101:1 Or judgment
Psalm 101:2 Or behave prudently in
Psalm 101:2 Or blamelessness
Psalm 101:3 Or practice of apostasy
Psalm 101:5 Or silence
Psalm 101:8 Or silence

Psalm 101

Common English Bible

Psalm 101

Of David. A psalm.

101 Oh, let me sing about faithful love and justice!
    I want to sing my praises to you, Lord!
²I want to study the way of integrity—
    how long before it gets here?
        I will walk with a heart of integrity
        in my own house.
³I won’t set my eyes on anything worthless.
    I hate wrongdoing;
    none of that will stick to me.
⁴A corrupt heart will be far from me.
    I won’t be familiar with evil.
⁵I will destroy anyone
    who secretly tells lies about a neighbor.
I can’t stomach anyone
    who has proud eyes or an arrogant heart.
⁶My eyes focus on those
    who are faithful in the land,
    to have them close to me.
The person who walks without blame
    will work for me.
⁷But the person who acts deceitfully
    won’t stay in my house.
The person who tells lies
    won’t last for long before me.
⁸Every morning I will destroy
    all those who are wicked in the land
        in order to eliminate all evildoers
        from the Lord’s city.

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