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Psalm 101
Good News Translation

A King's Promise[a]

101 My song is about loyalty and justice,
    and I sing it to you, O Lord.
2 My conduct will be faultless.
    When will you come to me?

I will live a pure life in my house
3     and will never tolerate evil.
I hate the actions of those who turn away from God;
    I will have nothing to do with them.
4 I will not be dishonest[b]
    and will have no dealings with evil.[c]
5 I will get rid of anyone
    who whispers evil things about someone else;
I will not tolerate anyone
    who is proud and arrogant.

6 I will approve of those who are faithful to God
    and will let them live in my palace.
Those who are completely honest
    will be allowed to serve me.

7 No liar will live in my palace;
    no hypocrite will remain in my presence.
8 Day after day I will destroy
    the wicked in our land;
I will expel all who are evil
    from the city of the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 101:1 HEBREW TITLE: A psalm by David.
  2. Psalm 101:4 not be dishonest; or stay away from dishonest people.
  3. Psalm 101:4 evil; or evil people.
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Psalm 101
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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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