Psalm 101

Promised Faithfulness to the Lord

A Psalm of David.

1 I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

2 I will behave wisely in a 1perfect way.

Oh, when will You come to me?

I will awalk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set nothing 2wicked before my eyes;

bI hate the work of those cwho fall away;

It shall not cling to me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;

I will not dknow wickedness.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,

Him I will destroy;

eThe 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 3perfect way,

He shall serve me.

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

He who tells lies shall not 4continue in my presence.

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

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