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1 A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
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1 I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise.
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2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
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2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life-- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.
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3 I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.
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3 I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.
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4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know wickedness.
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4 Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.
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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.
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5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.
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6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way, He shall serve me.
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6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.
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7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.
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7 No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.
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8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
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8 Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
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| Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
