Ps.101.1

My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, GOD.

Ps.101.1

I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.

Ps.101.1

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

Ps.101.1

I will sing of your love and justice. I will praise you, LORD, with songs.

Ps.101.2

I'm finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up? I'm doing the very best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts.

Ps.101.2

I will be careful to lead a blameless life- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.

Ps.101.2

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

Ps.101.2

I will be careful to live a blameless life--when will you come to my aid? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.

Ps.101.3

I refuse to take a second look at corrupting people and degrading things. I reject made-in-Canaan gods, stay clear of contamination.

Ps.101.3

I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.

Ps.101.3

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

Ps.101.3

I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all crooked dealings; I will have nothing to do with them.

Ps.101.4

The crooked in heart keep their distance; I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil.

Ps.101.4

Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.

Ps.101.4

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

Ps.101.4

I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil.

Ps.101.5

I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor; I can't stand arrogance.

Ps.101.5

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.

Ps.101.5

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.

Ps.101.5

I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.

Ps.101.6

But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people--they're the ones I want working with me; Men and women on the straight and narrow--these are the ones I want at my side.

Ps.101.6

My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.

Ps.101.6

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.

Ps.101.6

I will keep a protective eye on the godly, so they may dwell with me in safety. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me.

Ps.101.7

But no one who traffics in lies gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars. I've rounded up all the wicked like cattle and herded them right out of the country.

Ps.101.7

No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.

Ps.101.7

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

Ps.101.7

I will not allow deceivers to serve me, and liars will not be allowed to enter my presence.

Ps.101.8

I purged GOD's city of all who make a business of evil. A prayer of one whose life is falling to pieces, and who lets God know just how bad it is.

Ps.101.8

Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

Ps.101.8

Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.

Ps.101.8

My daily task will be to ferret out criminals and free the city of the LORD from their grip.