A Psalm of David.

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

     2I will give heed to the blameless way.
            When wilt Thou 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.