New Living Translation NLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 I will sing of your love and justice, LORD . I will praise you with songs.
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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 help me? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.
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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 refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.
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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 I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every 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 not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride.
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I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor; I can't stand arrogance.
6 I will search for faithful people to be my companions. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to 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 I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house, and liars will not stay in my presence.
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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 My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked and free the city of the LORD from their grip.
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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.