Psalms 101 – Compare Chapter Translations
Verse-by-verse comparison of Psalms 101 across supported Bible translations.
Verse 1
KJV I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
ASV I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises.
WEB I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
YLT A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.
DRB The prayer of the poor man, when he was anxious, and poured out his supplication before the Lord.
DBY {A Psalm of David.} I will sing of loving-kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms.
GNV A Psalme of David. I will sing mercie and iudgement: vnto thee, O Lord, will I sing.
LSB Of David. A Psalm. I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, To You, O Yahweh, I will sing praises.
Verse 2
KJV I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
ASV I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
WEB 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.
YLT I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.
DRB Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
DBY I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. When wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
GNV I will doe wisely in the perfite way, till thou commest to me: I will walke in the vprightnes of mine heart in the middes of mine house.
LSB I will consider the way of the blameless. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
Verse 3
KJV I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
ASV I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; It shall not cleave unto me.
WEB I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
YLT I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.
DRB Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
DBY I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
GNV I wil set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that fall away: it shall not cleaue vnto me.
LSB I will set no vile thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.
Verse 4
KJV A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
ASV A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.
WEB A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
YLT A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.
DRB For my days are vanished like smoke, and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.
DBY A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.
GNV A froward heart shall depart from me: I will knowe none euill.
LSB A crooked heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil.
Verse 5
KJV Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
ASV Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
WEB I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
YLT Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.
DRB I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
DBY Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
GNV Him that priuily slandereth his neighbour, wil I destroy: him that hath a proude looke and hie heart, I cannot suffer.
LSB Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure.
Verse 6
KJV Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
ASV Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.
WEB 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.
YLT Mine eyes are on the faithful of the land, To dwell with me, Whoso is walking in a perfect way, he serveth me.
DRB Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
DBY Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
GNV Mine eyes shalbe vnto the faithfull of the lande, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfite way, he shall serue me.
LSB My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me; He who walks in the way of the blameless is the one who will minister to me.
Verse 7
KJV He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
ASV He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.
WEB He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
YLT He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.
DRB I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.
DBY He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.
GNV There shall no deceitful person dwell within mine house: he that telleth lyes, shall not remaine in my sight.
LSB He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who speaks lies shall not be established before my eyes.
Verse 8
KJV I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
ASV Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah. Psalm 102 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.
WEB Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
YLT At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!
DRB I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.
DBY Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.
GNV Betimes will I destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord.
LSB Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Yahweh all the workers of iniquity.
Verse 9
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DRB All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.
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Verse 10
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DRB For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
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Verse 11
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DRB Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.
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Verse 12
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DRB My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
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Verse 13
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DRB But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.
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Verse 14
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DRB Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.
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Verse 15
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DRB For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.
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Verse 16
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DRB All the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
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Verse 17
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DRB For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
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Verse 18
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DRB He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.
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Verse 19
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DRB Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
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Verse 20
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DRB Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.
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Verse 21
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DRB That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
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Verse 22
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DRB That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;
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Verse 23
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DRB When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
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Verse 24
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DRB He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
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Verse 25
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DRB Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.
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Verse 26
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DRB In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.
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Verse 27
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DRB They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.
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Verse 28
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DRB But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
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Verse 29
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DRB The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be directed for ever.
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