1 A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the Lord 's city.
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Today's Verse
For without cause have they hid for me their net `in' a pit; Without cause have they digged `a pit' for my soul.
Verse Of The DayHis resolve to 'set no wicked thing before mine eyes' parallels the prayer in Psalms 119:37 to turn the eyes from vanity. The psalm's closing vow to cut off wicked doers from the city of the LORD gives way to the raw lament of Psalms 102.
