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... 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. (Psalm 101: 3-5, 7-8)

In today's psalms, the author is feeling especially self-righteous. He is ready to be a petty god dispensing his own notion of justice.

Justice - true justice - is not preoccupied with punishment. Justice seeks, rather, to honor and restore relationships that have been damaged or broken.

The self-righteous person, as in the passage above, is ready to separate him or herself from those who are perceived as having done wrong.

How far from God I would be if such separating was God's approach to justice.

In full righteousness God abides with the one who has taken the wrong-path, with the wrong-doer, with the self-righteous and even with me.