## Psalms Chapter 101

###### Psalms 101:1
[Psalms 101:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/101:1)

לְדָוִ֗ד מִ֫זְמ֥וֹר חֶֽסֶד־וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט אָשִׁ֑ירָה לְךָ֖ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Psalm of David, I will sing of loyal love and justice: to Thee, O Lord, I will sing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Of David, a psalm. I shall sing Your justice [("Blessed is the righteous Judge")] as well as [Your] lovingkindness [("Blessed is the Good and the Doer of good")]. [In either event,] to You, O L rd, shall I sing.


###### Psalms 101:2
[Psalms 101:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/101:2)

אַשְׂכִּ֤ילָה**׀** בְּדֶ֬רֶךְ תָּמִ֗ים מָ֭תַי תָּב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑י אֶתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בְּתׇם־לְ֝בָבִ֗י בְּקֶ֣רֶב בֵּיתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will celebrate with a Maskil psalm the way of integrity. O when wilt Thou come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall set my heart upon the way of purity — When shall it come to me [to walk upon it]? I shall walk in the innocence of my heart in the midst of my house [i.e., privately as well as in public].


###### Psalms 101:3
[Psalms 101:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/101:3)

לֹֽא־אָשִׁ֨ית**׀** לְנֶ֥גֶד עֵינַ֗י דְּֽבַר־בְּלִ֫יָּ֥עַל עֲשֹֽׂה־סֵטִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי לֹ֖א יִדְבַּ֣ק בִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of those who turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall not set before my eyes the work of the faithless one. I have hated the working of perversity; it shall not cleave unto me.


###### Psalms 101:4
[Psalms 101:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/101:4)

לֵבָ֣ב עִ֭קֵּשׁ יָס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נִּי רָ֝֗ע לֹ֣א אֵדָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil matter.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The perverse heart shall depart from me; I shall not know evil.


###### Psalms 101:5
[Psalms 101:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/101:5)

(מלושני) [מְלׇשְׁנִ֬י] בַסֵּ֨תֶר**׀** רֵעֵהוּ֮ אוֹת֢וֹ אַ֫צְמִ֥ית גְּֽבַהּ־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַ֣ב לֵבָ֑ב אֹ֝ת֗וֹ לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbour, him I will cut off: him that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who slanders his friend in secret, him shall I cut off. The haughty of eye and the broad of heart [i.e., the lustful one], him shall I not endure [(as a friend, so that I not learn from his ways)].


###### Psalms 101:6
[Psalms 101:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/101:6)

עֵינַ֤י**׀** בְּנֶֽאֶמְנֵי־אֶרֶץ֮ לָשֶׁ֢בֶת עִמָּ֫דִ֥י הֹ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ תָּמִ֑ים ה֝֗וּא יְשָׁרְתֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My eyes are upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walks in the way of integrity, he shall serve me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My eyes are upon the faithful of the land, to sit with me. He who walks in the way of purity, he shall serve me.


###### Psalms 101:7
[Psalms 101:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/101:7)

לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁ֨ב**׀** בְּקֶ֥רֶב בֵּיתִי֮ עֹשֵׂ֢ה רְמִ֫יָּ֥ה דֹּבֵ֥ר שְׁקָרִ֑ים לֹא־יִ֝כּ֗וֹן לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tells lies shall not remain in my sight.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The worker of deceit shall not sit in the midst of my house. The speaker of lies shall not be suffered before my eyes.


###### Psalms 101:8
[Psalms 101:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/101:8)

לַבְּקָרִ֗ים אַצְמִ֥ית כׇּל־רִשְׁעֵי־אָ֑רֶץ לְהַכְרִ֥ית מֵעִיר־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה כׇּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the mornings [i.e., day by day] I shall cut off all the wicked of the land [(the wicked of Israel who are liable to the death penalty)], to cut off from the city of the L rd all workers of iniquity.