Psalms 101
101
Psalm 101
A Sovereign’s Pledge of Integrity and Justice
Of David. A Psalm.
1 #
Ps 89.1
I will sing of loyalty and of justice;
to you, O LORD, I will sing.
2 #
1 Sam 18.14; 1 Kings 9.4 I will study the way that is blameless.
When shall I attain it?
I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;
3 #
Deut 15.9; Ps 40.4 I will not set before my eyes
anything that is base.
I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
4 #
Prov 11.20
Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.
5 #
Ps 50.20; Prov 6.17 One who secretly slanders a neighbor
I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.
6 #
Ps 119.1
I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
so that they may live with me;
whoever walks in the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.
7No one who practices deceit
shall remain in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue in my presence.
8 #
Ps 75.10; 118.10–12 Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all evildoers
from the city of the LORD.
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