Psalm 101:1

Translations

Modern

A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

Traditional

A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

Literal

A Psalm. Of David. I will sing of loving devotion and justice; to You, O YHWH, I will sing praises.

Latin

Psalmus ipsi David. Misericordiam et judicium cantabo tibi, Domine; psallam,

Original

Hebrew

English

A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

Notes

Psalms 101:1–8

This song of praise expresses a commitment to live with integrity and to avoid evil. Jesus meets this ideal.

Theme notes and profiles

David Royal Psalms

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They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
Revelation 19:1–3
After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
Psalm 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Psalm 136:10–22
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalm 103:6–8
The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Revelation 15:3–4
…and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
Psalm 97:8
Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
Romans 9:15–18
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Romans 9:22–23
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Romans 11:22
Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ

Glossary

David Music Psalms, Book of

Topics

David: King of Israel: At This Time, Probably, David Writes Praise is Due to God on Account of His Judgment Praise: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Psalms: Didactic

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