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I will favor the honest people of the land,[a]
and allow them to live with me.[b]
Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.[c]
Deceitful people will not live in my palace.[d]
Liars will not be welcome in my presence.[e]
Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,
and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 101:6 tn Heb “my eyes [are] on the faithful of the land.”
  2. Psalm 101:6 tn The Hebrew text simply reads, “in order to live with me.”
  3. Psalm 101:6 tn Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”
  4. Psalm 101:7 tn Heb “he will not live in the midst of my house, one who does deceit.”
  5. Psalm 101:7 tn Heb “one who speaks lies will not be established before my eyes.”

My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
    that they may dwell with me;
the one whose walk is blameless(A)
    will minister to me.

No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

Every morning(B) I will put to silence
    all the wicked(C) in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer(D)
    from the city of the Lord.(E)

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