| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O LORD, I will sing praises. | 1I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music. |
| 2I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. | 2I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; |
| 3I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me. | 3I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. |
| 4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know wickedness. | 4A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. |
| 5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure. | 5Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. |
| 6My 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. | 6I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. |
| 7He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence. | 7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. |
| 8Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. | 8Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. |
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