Psalm 101 NKJV NIV Parallel

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◄ Psalm 101 ►

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1A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

1Of David. A psalm. I will sing of your love and justice; to you, LORD, I will sing praise.

2I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

2I will be careful to lead a blameless life-- when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.

3I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

3I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.

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

4The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.

5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

5Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

6My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way, He shall serve me.

6My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; the one whose walk is blameless will minister to me.

7He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

7No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.

8Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.

8Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.