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1 I will sing of your love and justice; to you, LORD, I will sing praise.
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A Psalm of David. I will sing of loyalty and of justice; to thee, O LORD, I will sing.
2 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.
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I will give heed to the way that is blameless. Oh when wilt thou come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
3 I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.
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I will not set before my eyes anything that is base. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cleave to me.
4 The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
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Perverseness of heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
5 Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.
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Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.
6 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.
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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 practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.
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No man who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no man who utters lies shall continue in my presence.
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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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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