101:1 {A Psalm of David.} I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
101:1 A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
101:2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

101:3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
101:3 I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person].
101:4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know wickedness.

101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
101:5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

101:6 Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
101:6 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.

101:7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
101:7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

101:8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
101:8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.