Psalm 101

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101 I will sing and praise you, Lord!
I will sing about your faithful love and your justice.^[b]
2 I will be careful to live in a completely good way.
    When will you come to help me, Lord?
In my own home,
    I will always be completely honest.
³ As for evil things,
    I will not even think about them.
I hate the things that wicked people do.
    They will not be my friends.
⁴ I will keep away from people with wrong thoughts.
    I will not mix with them.
⁵ If anyone secretly speaks against his friend,
    I will destroy them.
If anyone is proud and they boast about themselves,
    I will send them away from me.
⁶ Instead, I will work with people
    that I can trust.
I will let them live with me and be my guides.
My servants will be people
    who live in an honest way.
⁷ People who deceive others or who tell lies
    will not have a place in my home.
⁸ Every morning I will remove
    any wicked person who lives in our land.^[c]
Nobody who does evil things
    will remain in the city of the Lord.