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              1 I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music.
            
            
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I will sing of your love and justice; to you, LORD, I will sing praise.            
            
              2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
            
            
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I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.            
            
              3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
            
            
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I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.            
            
              4 A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
            
            
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The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.            
            
              5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
            
            
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Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.            
            
              6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.
            
            
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My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; the one whose walk is blameless will minister to me.            
            
              7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
            
            
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No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.            
            
              8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
            
            
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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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