Psalm 101
101
I Will Walk with Integrity
A Psalm of David.
1I will sing of #[Ex. 34:7]steadfast love and justice;
to you, O Lord, I will make music.
2I will #[Ps. 4:4] ponder the way #Ps. 119:1; Prov. 11:20; [Matt. 5:48] that is blameless.
Oh when will you #[Ex. 20:24; John 14:23] come to me?
I will #1 Kgs. 9:4 walk with #Ps. 78:72integrity of heart
within my house;
3I will not set before my eyes
anything #Deut. 15:9 that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who #See Ps. 40:4fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
4 #
Prov. 11:20; 17:20 A perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will #[1 Cor. 5:11]know nothing of evil.
5Whoever slanders his neighbor #Ps. 15:3 secretly
I will #ver. 8 destroy.
Whoever has a #Ps. 18:27; 131:1; Prov. 6:17; 21:4; 30:13 haughty look and an #Prov. 16:5arrogant heart
I will not endure.
6I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in #Ps. 119:1; Prov. 11:20; [Matt. 5:48]the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.
7No one who #Ps. 52:2 practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall #Ps. 102:28continue before my eyes.
8 # [Ps. 73:14] Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
#
Ps. 75:10 cutting off all #Ps. 94:4 the evildoers
from #Ps. 48:1, 8; [Isa. 52:1]the city of the Lord.
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Psalms 101
101
Psalm 101#sn Psalm 101. The psalmist, who appears to be a king, promises to promote justice in his land and vows to rid his royal court of evildoers.
A psalm of David.
1 I will sing about loyalty and justice!
To you, O Lord, I will sing praises!
2 I will walk in#tn Heb “take notice of.” the way of integrity.
When will you come to me?
I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.#tn Heb “I will walk about in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.”
3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest.#tn Heb “I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness.”
I hate doing evil;#tn Heb “the doing of swerving [deeds] I hate.” The Hebrew term סֵטִים (setim) is probably an alternate spelling of שֵׂטִים (setim), which appears in many medieval Hebrew mss. The form appears to be derived from a verbal root שׂוּט (sut, “to fall away; to swerve”; see Ps 40:4).
I will have no part of it.#tn Heb “it [i.e., the doing of evil deeds] does not cling to me.”
4 I will have nothing to do with a perverse person;#tn Heb “a perverse heart will turn aside from me.” The adjective עִקֵּשׁ (’iqqesh) has the basic nuance “twisted; crooked” and by extension refers to someone or something that is morally perverse (see Ps 18:26). It appears frequently in the Book of Proverbs, where it is used of evil people (22:5), speech (8:8; 19:1), thoughts (11:20; 17:20), and life styles (2:15; 28:6).
I will not permit#tn Heb “know.” The king will not willingly allow perverse individuals to remain in his royal court. evil.
5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret.
I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.#tn Heb “[one who has] pride of eyes and wideness [i.e., arrogance] of heart, him I will not endure.”
6 I will favor the honest people of the land,#tn Heb “my eyes [are] on the faithful of the land.”
and allow them to live with me.#tn The Hebrew text simply reads, “in order to live with me.”
Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.#tn Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”
7 Deceitful people will not live in my palace.#tn Heb “he will not live in the midst of my house, one who does deceit.”
Liars will not be welcome in my presence.#tn Heb “one who speaks lies will not be established before my eyes.”
8 Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,
and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.
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