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 .
101 I will sing about love and justice.
Lord , I will sing to you.
2 I will be careful to live a pure life.
I will live in my house with complete honesty.
When will you come to me?
3 I will not even look at anything shameful. [ a ]
I hate all wrongdoing.
I want no part of it!
4 I will not be involved in anything dishonest.
I will have nothing to do with evil.
5 I will stop anyone who secretly
says bad things about a neighbor.
I will not allow people to be proud
and think they are better than others.
6 I will look throughout the land for those who can be trusted.
Only such people can live with me.
Only those who live pure lives can be my servants.
7 I will never let a dishonest person live in my house.
I will not let liars stay near me.
8 My goal each day will be to destroy the wicked living in our land.
I will force all who do evil to leave the city of the Lord .
101 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I 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 worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord .
101 I will ( A ) sing of mercy and [ a ] justice;
To You, Lord , I will sing praises.
2 I will ( B ) carefully attend to the [ b ] blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the [ c ] ( C ) integrity of my heart.
3 I will set no ( D ) worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the [ d ] work of those who ( E ) fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A ( F ) perverse heart shall leave me;
I will know no evil.
5 Whoever secretly ( G ) slanders his neighbor, him I will [ e ] destroy;
I will not endure one who has a ( H ) haughty look and an arrogant heart.
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
One who walks in a [ f ] ( I ) blameless way is one who will serve me.
7 One who ( J ) practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
One who speaks lies ( K ) shall not [ g ] maintain his position before me.
8 ( L ) Every morning I will [ h ] ( M ) destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to ( N ) eliminate from the ( O ) city of the Lord all those who do injustice.
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.
