New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 101

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

1I will 1sing of lovingkindness and 2justice, To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.2I will 3 4give heed to the 5blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the 6 7integrity of my heart.3I will set no 8worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the 9work of those who 10fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me.4A 11perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil.5Whoever secretly 12slanders his neighbor, him I will 13destroy; No one who has a 14haughty 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 15 16blameless way is the one who will minister to me.7He who 17practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who speaks falsehood 18shall not 19maintain his position before me.8 20Every morning I will 21 22destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to 23cut off from the 24city of the Lord all those who do iniquity.

Notes

1. Psalms 101:1 Ps 51:14; 89:1; 145:7 ↩
2. Psalms 101:1 Or judgment ↩
3. Psalms 101:2 Or behave prudently in ↩
4. Psalms 101:2 1 Sam 18:5, 14 ↩
5. Psalms 101:2 Or way of integrity ↩
6. Psalms 101:2 Or blamelessness ↩
7. Psalms 101:2 1 Kin 9:4 ↩
8. Psalms 101:3 Deut 15:9 ↩
9. Psalms 101:3 Or practice of apostasy ↩
10. Psalms 101:3 Josh 23:6; Ps 40:4 ↩
11. Psalms 101:4 Prov 11:20 ↩
12. Psalms 101:5 Ps 50:20; Jer 9:4 ↩
13. Psalms 101:5 Or silence ↩
14. Psalms 101:5 Ps 10:4; 18:27; Prov 6:17 ↩
15. Psalms 101:6 Or way of integrity ↩
16. Psalms 101:6 Ps 119:1 ↩
17. Psalms 101:7 Ps 43:1; 52:2 ↩
18. Psalms 101:7 Ps 52:4, 5 ↩
19. Psalms 101:7 Lit be established before my eyes ↩
20. Psalms 101:8 Jer 21:12 ↩
21. Psalms 101:8 Or silence ↩
22. Psalms 101:8 Ps 75:10 ↩
23. Psalms 101:8 Ps 118:10-12 ↩
24. Psalms 101:8 Ps 46:4; 48:2, 8 ↩

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

Notes

Commentaries on Psalms 101