New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 101

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

1I will 1sing of mercy and 2justice; To You, Lord, I will sing praises.2I will 3carefully attend to the 4blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the 5 6integrity of my heart.3I will set no 7worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the 8work of those who 9fall away; It shall not cling to me.4A 10perverse heart shall leave me; I will know no evil.5Whoever secretly 11slanders his neighbor, him I will 12destroy; I will not endure one who has a 13haughty look and an arrogant heart.

6My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; One who walks in a 14 15blameless way is one who will serve me.7One who 16practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; One who speaks lies 17shall not 18maintain his position before me.8 19Every morning I will 20 21destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to 22eliminate from the 23city of the Lord all those who do injustice.

Notes

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

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

Notes

Commentaries on Psalms 101