Psalm 101:1–102:16

1  I will sing of csteadfast love and justice;

to you, O Lord, I will make music.

2  I will dponder the way ethat is blameless.

Oh when will you fcome to me?

I will gwalk with hintegrity of heart

within my house;

3  I will not set before my eyes

anything ithat is worthless.

I hate the work of those who jfall away;

it shall not cling to me.

4  kA perverse heart shall be far from me;

I will lknow nothing of evil.

5  Whoever slanders his neighbor msecretly

I will ndestroy.

Whoever has a ohaughty look and an parrogant heart

I will not endure.

6  I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,

that they may dwell with me;

he who walks in qthe way that is blameless

shall minister to me.

7  No one who rpractices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall scontinue before my eyes.

8  tMorning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

ucutting off all vthe evildoers

from wthe city of the Lord.

Do Not Hide Your Face from Me

102 A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is xfaint and ypours out his complaint before the Lord.

1  zHear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry acome to you!

2  bDo not hide your face from me

in cthe day of my distress!

dIncline your ear to me;

eanswer me speedily fin the day when I call!

3  For my days gpass away like smoke,

and my hbones burn like a furnace.

4  My heart is istruck down like grass and jhas withered;

I kforget to eat my bread.

5  Because of my loud groaning

my lbones cling to my flesh.

6  I am like ma desert owl of the wilderness,

like an owl1 of the waste places;

7  I nlie awake;

I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

8  All the day my enemies taunt me;

those who oderide me puse my name for a curse.

9  For I eat ashes like bread

and qmingle tears with my drink,

10  because of your indignation and anger;

for you have rtaken me up and sthrown me down.

11  My days are like tan evening shadow;

I jwither away like grass.

12  But you, O Lord, are uenthroned forever;

you vare remembered throughout all generations.

13  You will warise and have xpity on Zion;

it is the time to favor her;

ythe appointed time has come.

14  For your servants hold her zstones dear

and have pity on her dust.

15  Nations will afear the name of the Lord,

and all bthe kings of the earth will fear your glory.

16  For the Lord cbuilds up Zion;

he dappears in his glory;