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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 118 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 118. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/118/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 118. Psalm 101

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[¶0] A Psalm of David

[¶1] 1 Of mercy and judgment I will sing; To thee, O Jehovah, will I sing psalms.

[¶2] 2 I will act wisely in a perfect way, Until thou comest to me; I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.

[¶3] 3 I will not set before my eyes a wicked thing; The work of those who turn aside I hate; It shall not adhere to me.

[¶4] 4 A heart perverse shall depart from me; Evil I will not know.

[¶5] 5 He who slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: The lofty in look and the wide in heart him I will not suffer.

[¶6] 6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me: He who walketh in an upright way, [Even] he shall minister to me.

[¶7] 7 He shall not dwell in the midst of my house, he who worketh deceit; He who speaketh lies shall not be established before my eyes.

[¶8] 8 Early will I destroy all the ungodly of the land; That I may cut off from the city of Jehovah all the workers of iniquity.