Corpus Psalterium · Vol. V
Psalm CI (101)
Cantillated — Royal Vow
Paul Whitehorn
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Psalm 101 in Hebrew and English, and the words as they are sung.
A Psalm by David.
I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
לְדָוִ֗ד מִ֫זְמ֥וֹר חֶֽסֶד־וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט אָשִׁ֑ירָה לְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
אַשְׂכִּ֤ילָה ׀ בְּדֶ֬רֶךְ תָּמִ֗ים מָ֭תַי תָּב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑י אֶתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בְּתָם־לְ֝בָבִ֗י בְּקֶ֣רֶב בֵּיתִֽי׃
I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
לֹֽא־אָשִׁ֨ית ׀ לְנֶ֥גֶד עֵינַ֗י דְּֽבַר־בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַל עֲשֹֽׂה־סֵטִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי לֹ֖א יִדְבַּ֣ק בִּֽי׃
A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
לֵבָ֣ב עִ֭קֵּשׁ יָס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נִּי רָ֝֗ע לֹ֣א אֵדָֽע׃
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
מלושני בַסֵּ֨תֶר ׀ רֵעֵהוּ֮ אוֹת֪וֹ אַ֫צְמִ֥ית גְּֽבַהּ־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַ֣ב לֵבָ֑ב אֹ֝ת֗וֹ לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃
My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
עֵינַ֤י ׀ בְּנֶֽאֶמְנֵי־אֶרֶץ֮ לָשֶׁ֪בֶת עִמָּ֫דִ֥י הֹ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ תָּמִ֑ים ה֝֗וּא יְשָׁרְתֵֽנִי׃
He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁ֨ב ׀ בְּקֶ֥רֶב בֵּיתִי֮ עֹשֵׂ֪ה רְמִ֫יָּ֥ה דֹּבֵ֥ר שְׁקָרִ֑ים לֹֽא־יִ֝כּ֗וֹן לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָֽי׃
Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
לַבְּקָרִ֗ים אַצְמִ֥ית כָּל־רִשְׁעֵי־אָ֑רֶץ לְהַכְרִ֥ית מֵֽעִיר־יְ֝הוָ֗ה כָּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: World English Bible (public domain). Verse numbers follow the English Bible; the Hebrew numbering is shown beneath where it differs.
Love and justice
I will sing
To You, O LORD
I will sing
I will walk
in blameless ways
When will You
come to me
I will walk
with a whole heart
In my house
before You
I will set
no worthless thing
Before my eyes
before my eyes
I hate the work
of those who fall
It will not cling
to me
A crooked heart
will leave from me
Evil I will not know
A crooked heart
will leave from me
Evil I will not know
The one who slanders
in secret
I will cut him off
The proud in eyes
the wide in heart
I will not endure
My eyes are set
on the faithful
They will dwell with me
He who walks
in a blameless way
He will serve me
No one false
will stay in my house
No one who speaks lies
will stand before me
Morning by morning
I will destroy
All the wicked
of the land
To cut off all
the workers of evil
From the city
of the LORD
I will sing
love and justice
I will walk
before You
A crooked heart
will leave from me
Evil I will not know
A crooked heart
will leave from me
Evil I will not know
Love and justice
I will sing
To You, O LORD
I will sing
Lyrics by Paul Whitehorn: a singable English rendering of the Hebrew, as sung on this recording.
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