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1 I will sing of your love and justice;
to you, LORD, I will sing praise.
2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life –
when will you come to me?
I will walk in my house
with a blameless heart.
3 I will set before my eyes
no vile. thing
The deeds of faithless men I hate;
they shall not cling to me,
4 Men of perverse of heart shall be far from me;
I will have nothing to do with evil.
5 Whoever slanders their neighbour in secret,
him I will put to silence;
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whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart,
I will not endure.
6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he whose walk is blameless
will minister to me.
7 No one who practises deceit
will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
will stand in my presence.
8 Every morning I will put to silence
all the wicked in the land;
I will cut off every evildoer
from the city of the LORD.
(NIV)
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Psalm 101: It is believed that this psalm belong to the New Year Festival where the King plays central part. Where the king declares all he will clear the way, David hints at the grand design of his kingdom by mentioning “the city of the Lord”.
The psalmist’s reveals the king’s loyalty to God. David is determined to have the land that he reigns over, a land of godly people. Jerusalem was thought of by David as being a holy city, and he would not tolerate evil in the city of God. Even today, it is still thought of as being the holy city of God.
This psalm reminds me of Jesus clearing the temple of people swindling others of coins and livestock used in temple worship. People believed it was done in anger, but Jesus was just doing what King David said should happen in the past. The temple was holy and to be used for the work of God.
Have we lost the Reverence in our churches and halls. It is good to feed those with only a little food or shelter. Where do we draw the line at what happens in our churches during the week or weekends.
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