1 I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

I will give heed to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will 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 fasten its grip on me.

4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil.

5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

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

6 M y eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.

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

7 H e who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

8 M orning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to cut off from the city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.