A Psalm of David.

   I will sing of steadfast love and justice;
       to you, O LORD, I will make music.
   I will ponder the way that is blameless.
       Oh when will you come to me?
   I will walk with integrity of heart
       within my house;
   I will not set before my eyes
       anything that is worthless.
   I hate the work of those who fall away;
       it shall not cling to me.
   A perverse heart shall be far from me;
       I will know nothing of evil.


   Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly
       I will destroy.
   Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart
       I will not endure.


   I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
       that they may dwell with me;
   he who walks in the way that is blameless
       shall minister to me.


   No one who practices deceit
       shall dwell in my house;
   no one who utters lies
       shall continue before my eyes.


   Morning by morning I will destroy
       all the wicked in the land,
   cutting off all the evildoers
       from the city of the LORD.

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