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1 I will sing of your love and fairness; Lord, I will sing praises to you.
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I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music.
2 I will be careful to live an innocent life. When will you come to me? I will live an innocent life in my house.
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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;
3 I will not look at anything wicked. I hate those who turn against you; they will not be found near me.
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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.
4 Let those who want to do wrong stay away from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.
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A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
5 If anyone secretly says things against his neighbor, I will stop him. I will not allow people to be proud and look down on others.
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Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
6 I will look for trustworthy people so I can live with them in the land. Only those who live innocent lives will be my servants.
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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.
7 No one who is dishonest will live in my house; no liars will stay around me.
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No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.
8 Every morning I will destroy the wicked in the land. I will rid the Lord's city of people who do evil. A prayer of a person who is suffering when he is discouraged and tells the Lord his complaints.
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Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.