Psalms Chapter 101 verse 1 Holy Bible
I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises.
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<A Psalm. Of David.> I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.
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{A Psalm of David.} I will sing of loving-kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms.
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I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
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> I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
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A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.
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Psalms 101 : 1 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - I will sing of mercy and judgment. The writer does not mean that he is about, in this present psalm, to sing of God's mercy and justice, but that he will make it one of the rules of his life to do so. Unto thee, O Lord, will I sing; or, "will I make melody" (Cheyne, Kay).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) Mercy and judgment--or, as some render, grace and right--are the especially requisite attributes of a good monarch, or of magistrates generally. (See Matthew 23:23, where the failure to practise them is charged on the ruling class in Judaea at that time, though, of course, also required in the conduct of every man; Micah 6:8.) Here, no doubt, as almost all commentators have seen, they are first regarded ideally as attributes of the Divine King."And earthly power doth then show likest God's,When mercy seasons justice."Will I sing.--Better, will I play.On the question of the connection of this verse with the rest of the psalm, see Introduction.
