| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O LORD, I will sing praises. | 1A psalm of David. I will sing about loyalty and justice! To you, O LORD, I will sing praises! |
| 2I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. | 2I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace. |
| 3I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me. | 3I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it. |
| 4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know wickedness. | 4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil. |
| 5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure. | 5I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude. |
| 6My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me; He who walks in a perfect way, He shall serve me. | 6I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. |
| 7He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence. | 7Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence. |
| 8Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land, That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. | 8Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the LORD. |
|
    |