Psalm 101

I will sing of loyalty and of justice;
to you, O Lord, I will sing.
I will study the way that is blameless.
When shall I attain it?

I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;
I will not set before my eyes
anything that is base.

I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
Perverseness of heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.

One who secretly slanders a neighbour
I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.

I will look with favour on the faithful in the land,
so that they may live with me;
whoever walks in the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.

No one who practises deceit
shall remain in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue in my presence.

Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all evildoers
from the city of the Lord.

How should a post-Freudian read the psalms?

How should someone who knows Shakespeare read the psalms? Is the psalmist describing Macbeth or Coriolanus or...?

Is the psalmist celebrating or critiquing the swaggering confidence of his protagonist? Or are we to perceive only swagger?

I perceive a deadly dangerous tyrant.

How very far is this intolerance and destruction from: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind and your neighbor as yourself.

Psalm 101