Psalms 101:1
A PSALM OF DAVID. I sing kindness and judgment, || To You, O YHWH, I sing praise.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 51:14Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, || My tongue sings of Your righteousness.
Psalms 89:1AN INSTRUCTION OF ETHAN THE EZRAHITE. Of the kind acts of YHWH, I sing for all time, || From generation to generation I make known Your faithfulness with my mouth,
Psalms 97:8Zion has heard and rejoices, || And daughters of Judah are joyful, || Because of Your judgments, O YHWH.
Psalms 136:10To Him striking Egypt in their firstborn, || For His kindness [is] for all time.
Micah 6:8He has declared to you, O man, what [is] good; Indeed, what is YHWH requiring of you, || Except—to do judgment, and love kindness, || And to walk lowly with your God?
Romans 9:22And if God, willing to show the wrath and to make known His power, endured, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,
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 →