I will sing of mercy and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

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

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

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

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

6 My 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.

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

8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. PSALM 101