Psalms 101
The speaker vows to lead a blameless life, avoiding evil and those who practice it, and instead seeks to surround themselves with the faithful. They express their disdain for those who slander, are proud, or deceitful, and declare that such individuals will not be tolerated in their presence. The speaker aims to eliminate wickedness from their midst, seeking to create a community of the faithful.
1I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.2I will be careful to lead a blameless life- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.3I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.4Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.6My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.7No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.8Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
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