Psalm 101
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| Verse | BSB | KJV | WEB | ASV |
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| 1 | I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O Lord, I will sing praises. | I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. | I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Lord, I will sing praises. | I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises. |
| 2 | I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart. | I 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. | 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. | I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. |
| 3 | I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. | I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. | I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. | I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me. |
| 4 | A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil. | A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. | A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. | A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing. |
| 5 | Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure. | Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. | I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited. | Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer. |
| 6 | My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me. | Mine 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. | 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. | Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me. |
| 7 | No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. | He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. | He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes. | He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes. |
| 8 | Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord. | I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. | 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. | Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah. |