In this royal psalm, David joins praise with resolve, promising to walk with integrity and to order his house and rule with moral clarity. The chapter moves through what he will reject, what he will welcome, and how he will use authority against deceit and wickedness, so that private conduct and public justice remain bound together before the LORD.
Psalm 101 stands out in the Psalter as a ruler's vow about character and governance. It fits the book's larger concern for righteousness by showing that devotion to the LORD must take visible form in the habits of the heart, the life of the house, and the administration of the city.
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A1 Psalm of David. 2I will ponder the way that is blameless — 3I will set no worthless thing 4A perverse heart shall depart from me;
5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, 6My eyes favor the faithful of the land, 7No one who practices deceit 8Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land,
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