THE FRUIT OF CONCEIT

Meaning in Psalm 101

Alfred D. Byrd

MANY don't reach the city of God.
The One has standards of what is right.
The root of what is right is the truth.
Whoever twists it will be cast out.
Unfaithful persons despise the truth
And fill the world with acts of evil.
Devious thinking results in death.
How wrong it is to slander neighbors!
Arrogance leads us badly astray.
Disgrace has been the fruit of conceit.
Whatever is false consumes itself.

THE ONES who'll reach the Throne have treasured
Honesty over the fruit of lies.
The King, our God, accepts the faithful.
Wholeness of heart and cleanness of hands
Will please the One Who is Love and Light.
The ones who treasure mercy and justice —
Better forgiveness than gall and grief —
Will walk a path that ends in music,
Singing the praise of the God of truth.

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