Psalms 101 YLT
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. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.
2I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.
3I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.
4A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.
5Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.
6Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.
7He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.
8At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!
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