Psalms 101:1
The prayer of the pauper, when he was anxious, and so he poured out his petition in the sight of the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
In Context
2O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my outcry reach you.
Cross References
Psalms 89:1A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our refuge from generation to generation.
Psalms 97:8The rivers will clap their hands, the mountains will exult together,
Micah 6:8I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.
Romans 9:22What if God, wanting to reveal his wrath and to make his power known, endured, with much patience, vessels deserving wrath, fit to be destroyed,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 101:1
David was certainly the penman of this psalm, and it has in it the genuine spirit of the man after God's own heart; it is a solemn vow which he made to God when he took upon him the charge of a family and of the kingdom. Whether it was penned when he entered upon the government, immediately after the death of Saul (as some think), or when he began to reign over all Israel, and brought up the ark to the city of David (as others think), is not material; it is an excellent plan or model for the good government of a… Read the whole commentary →