1 I will sing of loving-kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms.

A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.

2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

I 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.

3 I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.

A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

5 W hoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

6 M ine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.

7 H e that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

8 E very morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!