Psalms 101:1
“A psalm of David.” I will sing of mercy and justice; To thee, O LORD! will I sing!
Noyes Bible
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 the guilt of blood, O God, the God of my salvation! That my tongue may sing aloud of thy goodness!
Psalms 89:1“A psalm of Ethan, the Ezrahite.” I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations!
Psalms 97:8Zion hath heard, and is glad, And the daughters of Judah exult On account of thy judgments, O LORD!
Psalms 136:10To him that smote in Egypt their first-born; For his goodness endureth for ever!
Micah 6:8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; What doth Jehovah require of thee, But to do justly, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly before thy God?
Romans 9:22What if God endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, purposing to manifest his wrath and to make known his power;
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 →