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Psalm 101
New King James Version

### Promised Faithfulness to the Lord

#### A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

2 I will behave wisely in a [a]perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will (A)walk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set nothing [b]wicked before my eyes;
(B)I hate the work of those (C)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not (D)know wickedness.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(E)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [c]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not [d]continue in my presence.
8 (F)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers (G)from the city of the Lord.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 101:2 blameless
2. Psalm 101:3 worthless
3. Psalm 101:6 blameless
4. Psalm 101:7 Lit. be established

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 101:2 : 1 Kin. 11:4
2. Psalm 101:3 : Ps. 97:10
3. Psalm 101:3 : Josh. 23:6
4. Psalm 101:4 : [Ps. 119:115]
5. Psalm 101:5 : Prov. 6:17
6. Psalm 101:8 : [Ps. 75:10]; Jer. 21:12
7. Psalm 101:8 : Ps. 48:2, 8

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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