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Psalms 101

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBA Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
    KJVA Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
  2. 2
    WEBI will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
    KJVI will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
  3. 3
    WEBI will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
    KJVI will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
  4. 4
    WEBA perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
    KJVA froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
  5. 5
    WEBI will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
    KJVWhoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
  6. 6
    WEBMy 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.
    KJVMine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
  7. 7
    WEBHe who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
    KJVHe that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
  8. 8
    WEBMorning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
    KJVI will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
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