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Psalm 101
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David wrote this psalm.

The king's song[a]

101 I will sing and praise you, Lord!
I will sing about your faithful love and your justice.[b]
2 I will be careful to live in a completely good way.
    When will you come to help me, Lord?
In my own home,
    I will always be completely honest.
3 As for evil things,
    I will not even think about them.
I hate the things that wicked people do.
    They will not be my friends.
4 I will keep away from people with wrong thoughts.
    I will not mix with them.
5 If anyone secretly speaks against his friend,
    I will destroy them.
If anyone is proud and they boast about themselves,
    I will send them away from me.
6 Instead, I will work with people
    that I can trust.
I will let them live with me and be my guides.
My servants will be people
    who live in an honest way.
7 People who deceive others or who tell lies
    will not have a place in my home.
8 Every morning I will remove
    any wicked person who lives in our land.[c]
Nobody who does evil things
    will remain in the city of the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. 101:1 David promises to serve God and to rule his people well.
  2. 101:1 ‘Faithful love’ is the love that God has for his own people.
  3. 101:8 Every morning probably means the time when David judged people. He decided whether they deserved punishment.
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Psalm 101

Of David. A psalm.

1 I will sing of your love(A) and justice;
    to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life(B)—
    when will you come to me?

I will conduct the affairs(C) of my house
    with a blameless heart.
3 I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.(D)

I hate what faithless people do;(E)
    I will have no part in it.
4 The perverse of heart(F) shall be far from me;
    I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

5 Whoever slanders their neighbor(G) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(H) 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(I)
    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(J) I will put to silence
    all the wicked(K) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer(L)
    from the city of the Lord.(M)

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