Psalms 101
The speaker vows to live a life of integrity and justice, rejecting anything worthless or evil, and to surround themselves with faithful people who walk in a blameless way. They express hatred for those who fall away and for those with haughty or arrogant hearts. The speaker also declares their intention to destroy the wicked and deceitful, and to only allow the faithful to dwell with them. They commit to daily eliminating evil from the land.
1I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music.2I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;3I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.4A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.5Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.6I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.8Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.
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