Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 <<A Psalm by David.>> I will sing of lovingkindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.
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My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, God.
2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
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I'm finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up? I'm doing the very best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts.
3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
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I refuse to take a second look at corrupting people and degrading things. I reject made-in-Canaan gods, stay clear of contamination.
4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
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The crooked in heart keep their distance; I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil.
5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
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I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor; I can't stand arrogance.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, He will serve me.
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But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people - they're the ones I want working with me; Men and women on the straight and narrow - these are the ones I want at my side.
7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
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But no one who traffics in lies gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars. I've rounded up all the wicked like cattle and herded them right out of the country.
8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD's city.
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I purged God's city of all who make a business of evil. A prayer of one whose life is falling to pieces, and who lets God know just how bad it is.
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