101:1 [A Psalm of David.]
I will sing of mercy and ①justice;
To You, LORD, I will sing praises.
▷ ①Or judgment
101:2 I will carefully attend to the ①blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the ②integrity of my heart.
▷ ①Or way of integrity ②Or blamelessness
101:3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the ①work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
▷ ①Or practice of apostasy
101:4 A perverse heart shall leave me;
I will know no evil.
101:5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will ①destroy;
I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.
▷ ①Or silence
101:6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
One who walks in a ①blameless way is one who will serve me.
▷ ①Or way of integrity
101:7 One who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
One who speaks lies shall not ①maintain his position before me.
▷ ①Lit be established before my eyes
101:8 Every morning I will ①destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to eliminate from the city of the LORD all those who do injustice.
▷ ①Or silence