Promised Faithfulness to the Lord

A Psalm of David.

1 I will sing of mercy and justice;

To You, OLord, I will sing praises.

2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way.

Oh, when will You come to me?

I willwalk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;

I hate the work of thosewho fall away;

It shall not cling to me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;

I will notknow wickedness.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,

Him I will destroy;

The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,

Him I will not endure.

6 My eyesshallbeon the faithful of the land,

That they may dwell with me;

He who walks in a perfect way,

He shall serve me.

7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;

He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,

That I may cut off all the evildoersfrom the city of theLord.