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PSALM 101

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

1I will sing of mercy and Or judgmentjustice;
To You, Lord, I will sing praises.
2I will carefully attend to the Or way of integrityblameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the Or blamelessnessintegrity of my heart.
3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the Or practice of apostasywork of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4A perverse heart shall leave me;
I will know no evil.
5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will Or silencedestroy;
I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.
6My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
One who walks in a Or way of integrityblameless way is one who will serve me.
7One who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
One who speaks lies shall not Lit be established before my eyesmaintain his position before me.
8Every morning I will Or silencedestroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to eliminate from the city of the Lord all those who do injustice.