Promised Faithfulness to the Lord
A Psalm of David.
101 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will (A)walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;
(B)I hate the work of those (C)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not (D)know wickedness.
5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(E)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 (F)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers (G)from the city of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 101:2
- Psalm 101:3
- Psalm 101:6
- Psalm 101:7
Cross references
- Psalm 101:2 : 1 Kin. 11:4
- Psalm 101:3 : Ps. 97:10
- Psalm 101:3 : Josh. 23:6
- Psalm 101:4 : [Ps. 119:115]
- Psalm 101:5 : Prov. 6:17
- Psalm 101:8 : [Ps. 75:10]; Jer. 21:12
- Psalm 101:8 : Ps. 48:2, 8
