Psalm 101

1 I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

2 I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

8 Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

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Chapter summary

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A king's vow for his house and his court: 'I will sing of lovingkindness and justice… I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way… I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.' No base thing before the eyes; the perverse heart shall depart; the secret slanderer will he destroy; no worker of deceit shall dwell within his house. 'Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me.' Morning by morning will he destroy the wicked of the land, the standard every son of David fell short of until the Son of David.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview

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Job 311 verse
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.