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.

NASB ©1995