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Psalms · Chapter 101

I Will Set No Worthless Thing before My Eyes
A Psalm of David.
1 I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land,
that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.