| English Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music. | 1I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music. |
| 2I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; | 2I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; |
| 3I 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. | 3I 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. |
| 4A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. | 4A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. |
| 5Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. | 5Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. |
| 6I 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. | 6I 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. |
| 7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. | 7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. |
| 8Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. | 8Morning 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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