Psalms 101:1
A Psalme of David. I will sing mercie and iudgement: vnto thee, O Lord, will I sing.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 51:14Deliuer me from blood, O God, which art the God of my saluation, and my tongue shall sing ioyfully of thy righteousnes.
Psalms 89:1A Psalme to give instruction, of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord for euer: with my mouth will I declare thy trueth from generation to generation.
Psalms 97:8Zion heard of it, and was glad: and the daughters of Iudah reioyced, because of thy iudgements, O Lord.
Psalms 136:10Which smote Egypt with their first borne, (for his mercie endureth for euer)
Micah 6:8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.
Romans 9:22What and if God would, to shewe his wrath, and to make his power knowen, suffer with long patience the vessels of wrath, prepared to 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 →