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1 A Psalm of David. I will sing to You, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm,
2 and I will be wise in a blameless way. When will You come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.
3 I have not set before my eyes any unlawful thing; I have hated transgressors.
4 A perverse heart has not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me.
5 Him that secretly speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from [me]; he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart- with him I have not eaten.
6 My eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me.
7 He that is proud dwelled not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.
8 Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.
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