Psalms 101 DBY
Summary: A royal psalm of David outlining a personal and administrative code of conduct for a righteous ruler, opening "I will sing of mercy and judgment... I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way" (v. 1-2). He vows to keep his own house free of wickedness — "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes" (v. 3) — and to exclude from his court the proud, the slanderer, and the deceitful, while favoring "the faithful of the land" (v. 6). It closes resolving to actively "cut off" evildoers from the city of the LORD, a vision of governance meant to model God's own justice.
1A Psalm of David. I will sing of loving-kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms.
2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
3I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.
5Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
6Mine 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.
7He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.
8Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.
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