¹A Psalm of David.

I will sing of kindness and justice;

I will make psalm melody to you, O Lord.

²I will act wisely in a sincere way.

When will you come to me?

I will walk in the sincerity of my heart

Inside my house.

³I will not put any worthless thing in my sights.

I have hated

What those who turn aside do;

It will not have any attraction to me.

⁴May a perverse heart depart from me;

I will not know the wicked.

⁵I will destroy

Him who slanders his neighbour privately;

I will not endure

Him who is of haughty eyes

Or a puffed up heart.

⁶My eyes are on the faithful of the land,

For them to dwell with me.

He who walks in a sincere way

Will serve me.

⁷He who commits deceit

Will not dwell in my house.

He who speaks falsehood

Will not be established in my sight.

⁸In the mornings I will destroy all the wicked of the land

So as to cut off all those who commit iniquity

From the City of the Lord.