| 1 | I will sing of mercy
and
loving-kindness and justice; to You, O Lord, will I sing. |
| 2 | I will behave myself wisely
and
give heed to the blameless way—O when will You come to me? I will walk within my house in integrity
and
with a blameless heart. |
| 3 | I will set no base
or
wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of me. |
| 4 | A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil person
or
thing. |
| 5 | Whoso privily slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off [from me]; he who has a haughty look and a proud
and
arrogant heart I cannot
and
I will not tolerate. |
| 6 | My eyes shall [look with favor] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks blamelessly, he shall minister to me. |
| 7 | He who works deceit shall not dwell in my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence. |
| 8 | Morning after morning I will root up all the wicked in the land, that I may eliminate all the evildoers from the city of the Lord. |