1 I will sing about loyalty and justice!

To you, O Lord, I will sing praises!

2  I 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.

3  I will not even consider doing what is dishonest.

I hate doing evil;

I will have no part of it.

4  I will have nothing to do with a perverse person;

I will not permit evil.

5  I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret.

I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

6  I 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.

7  Deceitful people will not live in my palace.

Liars will not be welcome in my presence.

8  Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land,

and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord.