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A Psalm by David.

101 I will sing of loving kindness and justice.
    To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
I will be careful to live a blameless life.
    When will you come to me?
    I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
I will set no vile thing before my eyes.
    I hate the deeds of faithless men.
    They will not cling to me.
A perverse heart will be far from me.
    I will have nothing to do with evil.
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.
    I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
My eyes will be on the faithful of the land,
    that they may dwell with me.
He who walks in a perfect way,
    he will serve me.
He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house.
    He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
    to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.

A Davidic Psalm

Remembering God’s Love

101 I will sing about gracious love and justice;
    Lord, I will sing praise to you.
I will pay attention to living a life of integrity—
    when will I attain it?
        I will live with integrity of heart in my house.
I will not even think about doing anything lawless;
    I hate to do evil deeds;
        I will have none of it.
I will not allow anyone with a perverted mind in my presence;
    I will not be involved with[a] anything evil.

I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend.
    I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.
My eyes are looking at the faithful of the land,
    so they may live with me;
        The one who lives a life of integrity will serve me.
A deceitful person will not sit in my house;
    A liar will not remain in my presence.
Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
    eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the Lord’s city.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 101:4 Lit. not know