Psalm 101

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

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1} A Psalm of David.

I will ^(A)sing of lovingkindness and ^(a)justice,
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

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I will ^(b)^(B)give heed to the ^(c)blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the ^(d)^(C)integrity of my heart.

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I will set no ^(D)worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the ^(e)work of those who ^(E)fall away;
It shall not fasten its grip on me.

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A ^(F)perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will know no evil.

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Whoever secretly ^(G)slanders his neighbor, him I will ^(f)destroy;
No one who has a ^(H)haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

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My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a ^(g)^(I)blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

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He who ^(J)practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who speaks falsehood ^(K)shall not ^(h)maintain his position before me.

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^(L)Every morning I will ⁽ⁱ⁾^(M)destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to ^(N)cut off from the ^(O)city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 101:1: ['Or ', judgment]

b. Psalm 101:2: ['Or ', behave prudently in]

c. Psalm 101:2: ['Or ', way of integrity]

d. Psalm 101:2: ['Or ', blamelessness]

e. Psalm 101:3: ['Or ', practice of apostasy]

f. Psalm 101:5: ['Or ', silence]

g. Psalm 101:6: ['Or ', way of integrity]

h. Psalm 101:7: ['Lit ', be established before my eyes]

i. Psalm 101:8: ['Or ', silence]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 101:1: Psalm 51:14; Psalm 89:1; Psalm 145:7

B. Psalm 101:2: 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:14

D. Psalm 101:3: Deuteronomy 15:9

E. Psalm 101:3: Joshua 23:6; Psalm 40:4

F. Psalm 101:4: Proverbs 11:20

G. Psalm 101:5: Psalm 50:20; Jeremiah 9:4

H. Psalm 101:5: Psalm 10:4; Psalm 18:27; Proverbs 6:17

I. Psalm 101:6: Psalm 119:1

J. Psalm 101:7: Psalm 43:1; Psalm 52:2

K. Psalm 101:7: Psalm 52:4; Psalm 52:5

L. Psalm 101:8: Jeremiah 21:12

M. Psalm 101:8: Psalm 75:10

N. Psalm 101:8: Psalm 118:10-12

O. Psalm 101:8: Psalm 46:4; Psalm 48:2; Psalm 48:8