1Von David. Ein Psalm. Von Güte und Recht will ich singen und dir zu Ehren, HERR, auf der Harfe spielen.2Aufmerksam will ich darauf achten, einen guten Weg zu gehen. Wann kommst du, ´Gott`, zu mir?[1] Mit aufrichtigem Herzen will ich handeln in meinem Königshaus.3Was schändlich ist, werde ich nicht ins Auge fassen. Ich hasse es, wenn Menschen sich von Gott abwenden[2] – nichts davon soll bei mir zu finden sein.4Wer falsch ist, mit dem will ich nichts zu tun haben.[3] Boshafte Menschen sollen mir fernbleiben.5Wer heimlich seinen Nächsten verleumdet, den will ich zum Schweigen bringen. Leute mit überheblichem Blick und stolzem Herzen will ich nicht in meiner Nähe dulden.6Mein Augenmerk gilt denen im Land, auf die man sich verlassen kann. Solche Menschen sollen um mich sein. Wer einen guten Weg geht, der darf mir dienen.7Ein Betrüger jedoch soll nicht bei mir im Haus sitzen; wer Lügen verbreitet, der muss mir aus den Augen gehen!8Morgen für Morgen will ich alle gottlosen Verbrecher im Land zum Schweigen bringen, um alle Übeltäter aus der Stadt des HERRN auszurotten.
1I will sing about your love and fairness. LORD, I will sing praise to you.2I will be careful to lead a life that is without blame. When will you come and help me? In my own home I will lead a life that is without blame.3I won’t look at anything that is evil and call it good. I hate the acts of people who aren’t faithful to you. I won’t have anything to do with those things.4I will stay away from those whose hearts are twisted. I won’t have anything to do with what is evil.5I will get rid of anyone who tells lies about their neighbour in secret. I won’t put up with anyone whose eyes and heart are proud.6I will look with favour on the faithful people in the land. They will live with me. Those whose lives are without blame will serve me.7No one who lies and cheats will live in my house. No one who tells lies will serve me.8Every morning I will get rid of all the sinful people in the land. I will remove from the city of the LORD everyone who does what is evil.
1A Psalm of David. I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. (2Mo 34,7)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; (2Mo 20,24; 1Kön 9,4; Ps 4,4; Ps 78,72; Ps 119,1; Spr 11,20; Mt 5,48; Joh 14,23)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. (5Mo 15,9; Ps 40,4)4A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. (Spr 11,20; Spr 17,20; 1Kor 5,11)5Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. (Ps 15,3; Ps 18,27; Ps 101,8; Ps 131,1; Spr 6,17; Spr 16,5; Spr 21,4; Spr 30,13)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. (Ps 119,1; Spr 11,20; Mt 5,48)7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. (Ps 52,2; Ps 102,28)8Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord. (Ps 48,1; Ps 48,8; Ps 73,14; Ps 75,10; Ps 94,4; Jes 52,1)