A Psalm of David

¹I will sing of lovingkindness and justice,
To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

²I 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.

³I 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.

⁴A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will know no evil.

⁵Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

⁶My 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.

⁷He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

⁸Every 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.