Psalms

David’s. A Melody.

101 Of lovingkindness and of justice will I sing! Unto thee O Yahweh will I touch the strings!

2 I will behave myself wisely in a blameless way, When wilt thou come in unto me? I will walk to and fro in the blamelessness of my heart,—in the midst of my house:

3 I will not set before mine eyes a vile thing,—The doing of them who fall away I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me, A maker of mischief will I not acknowledge;

5 He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend Him will I root out; One of lofty eyes and of an ambitious heart Him shall I not be able to endure.

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land That they may dwell with me,—He that walketh in a blameless way He shall attend me.

7 There shall not dwell in the midst of my house One who worketh deceit,—He that speaketh falsehoods shall not be established before mine eyes;

8 Morning by morning will I uproot All the lawless ones of the land, That I may cut off out of the city of Yahweh—All the workers of iniquity.