The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

1 I will sing of lovingkindness and justice,
          To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

2 I will give heed to the blameless way.
          When will You come to me?
          I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
          I hate the work of those who fall away;
          It shall not fasten its grip on me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
          I will know no evil.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
          No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
          He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

7 He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
          He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
          So as to cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do iniquity.