1 A psalm of David. Of mercy and judgment I will sing; unto thee, Jehovah, I will sing praises.
2 I will behave myself wisely in an upright way: when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in uprightness of my heart.
3 I will set nothing of Belial before mine eyes; I hate the doing of those that turn aside (or of apostasies); it shall not cleave to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me: evil [thing, or person] I will not know.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him I will cut off; the lofty of eyes and proud of heart, him will I not suffer.
6 Mine eyes [shall be] on the faithful of the land to dwell with me; he that walketh in an upright way shall serve me.
7 He that doeth guile shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not be established before mine eyes.
8 Morning by morning (in the mornings) will I cut off all the wicked of the land, to destroy from the city of Jehovah all doers of iniquity.
Notes on Psalm 101
This psalm introduces the Messiah again; but now as the true David, and Solomon too, singing of mercy and judgment on taking His house and kingdom to be ordered in righteousness unswervingly. It is entitled “A psalm of David.”