Psalms 101:1
If kindness and justice I sing, making melody to you, Lord.
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In The King James Version
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
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Cross References
Psalms 51:14Save me from blood, O God, and my tongue shall ring out your faithfulness.
Psalms 89:1I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
Psalms 97:8Zion is glad at the tidings, the towns of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, Lord.
Psalms 136:10Who struck the firstborn of Egypt: for his kindness endures forever.
Micah 6:8The Lord has told you what is good, what he demands of you: Only to do justice and love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Romans 9:22And what if God, intending to reveal his displeasure and make his power known, bore most patiently with the objects of his displeasure, though they were fit only 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 →