4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me;

I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

5 Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret,

I will put to silence;

whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,

I will not tolerate.

6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,

that they may dwell with me;

the one whose walk is blameless

will minister to me.

7 No one who practices deceit

will dwell in my house;

no one who speaks falsely

will stand in my presence.

8 Every morning I will put to silence

all the wicked in the land;

I will cut off every evildoer

from the city of the Lord.

4 A perverse heart shall be far from me;

I will know nothing of evil.

5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly

I will destroy.

Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant 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 the way that is blameless

shall minister to me.

7 No one who practices deceit

shall dwell in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall continue before my eyes.

8 Morning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

cutting off all the evildoers

from the city of the Lord.

4 I will reject perverse ideas

and stay away from every evil.

5 I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors.

I will not endure conceit and pride.

6 I will search for faithful people

to be my companions.

Only those who are above reproach

will be allowed to serve me.

7 I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house,

and liars will not stay in my presence.

8 My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked

and free the city of the Lord from their grip.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;

I will not know wickedness.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,

Him I will destroy;

The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,

Him I will not endure.

6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,

That they may dwell with me;

He who walks in a perfect way,

He shall serve me.

7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;

He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,

That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.

4 Let those who want to do wrong stay away from me;

I will have nothing to do with evil.

5 If anyone secretly says things against his neighbor,

I will stop him.

I will not allow people

to be proud and look down on others.

6 I will look for trustworthy people

so I can live with them in the land.

Only those who live innocent lives

will be my servants.

7 No one who is dishonest will live in my house;

no liars will stay around me.

8 Every morning I will destroy the wicked in the land.

I will rid the Lord’s city of people who do evil.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me:

I will know no evil thing.

5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy:

Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me:

He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.

7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house:

He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

8 Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land;

To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil. 5 Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight. 8 Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

4 I will keep far away from devious minds. 

I will have nothing to do with evil. 

5 I will destroy anyone who secretly slanders his neighbor. 

I will not tolerate anyone with a conceited look or arrogant heart. 

6 My eyes will be watching the faithful people in the land 

so that they may live with me. 

The person who lives with integrity will serve me. 

7 The one who does deceitful things will not stay in my home. 

The one who tells lies will not remain in my presence. 

8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land 

to rid the Lord’s city of all troublemakers. 

4 A devious heart will be far from me;

I will not be involved with evil.

5 I will destroy anyone

who secretly slanders his neighbor;

I cannot tolerate anyone

with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land

so that they may sit down with me.

The one who follows the way of integrity

may serve me.

7 No one who acts deceitfully

will live in my palace;

no one who tells lies

will remain in my presence.

8 Every morning I will destroy

all the wicked of the land,

eliminating all evildoers from the Lord’s city.

4 Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;

I will know nothing of evil.

5 One who secretly slanders a neighbor

I will destroy.

A haughty look and an arrogant heart

I will not tolerate.

6 I will look with favor 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.

7 No one who practices deceit

shall remain in my house;

no one who utters lies

shall continue in my presence.

8 Morning by morning I will destroy

all the wicked in the land,

cutting off all evildoers

from the city of the Lord.

4 A perverse heart will depart from me;

I will not know evil.

5 One who slanders his neighbor in secret,

him I will destroy.

One haughty of eyes and arrogant of heart,

him I will not endure.

6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land,

that they may live with me.

He who walks in the way of integrity,

he shall minister to me.

7 There will not live in the midst of my house

a worker of deceit.

One who speaks lies

will not remain before my eyes.

8 Each morning,

I will destroy all the wicked of the land,

cutting off from the city of Yahweh all evildoers.

4 I will stay away from those whose hearts are twisted.

I don’t want to have anything to do with evil.

5 I will get rid of anyone

who tells lies about his neighbor in secret.

I won’t put up with anyone

whose eyes and heart are proud.

6 I will look with favor on the faithful people in the land.

They will live with me.

Those whose lives are without blame will serve me.

7 No one who lies and cheats

will live in my house.

No one who tells lies

will serve me.

8 Every morning I will get rid of

all the sinful people in the land.

I will remove from the city of the Lord

everyone who does what is evil.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;

I will know no evil.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;

No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;

He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

7 He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;

He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,

So as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.