“ I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. ”
I will sing of mercy and judgment - That is, In the psalm which he was about to compose, he would make these the burden of his song; he would, in fact, by stating his views as to the regulation o...
"A Psalm of David." I will (a) sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. (a) David considers what manner of King he would be, when God would place him in the throne, promising open...
CI. The Ideal Ruler. The main purport is clear. The ideal ruler is faithful to the high standard which he sets before himself ( Psalms 101:2 b - Psalms 101:4 ). He requires ( Psalms 101:5-8 ) t...
Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. App-65. of David. Relating to the true David, and His coming rule to give "rest" to the earth. The king ' . vow to rule in righteousness. Compare 2 Samuel 23:3...
1 I will sing of mercy and of judgment What David here says concerning singing must be understood by the reader as intimating that this psalm contains the substance of his meditations with h...
DISCOURSE: 667 MERCY AND JUDGMENT GROUNDS OF PRAISE Psalms 101:1 . I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. THERE are many things in the Christian’s experience, the p...
A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. I will sing of mercy and judgment - David might say, Adverse and prosperous providences have been of the utmost us...
David maketh a vow and profession of godliness. A Psalm of David. Title. מזמור לדוד ledavid mizmor. — David being well established on his throne, and settled in his new built palace, resol...
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. Psalms 101:1-8 .-Resolution to sing of Yahweh's mercy and justice ( Psalms 101:1 ); also to behave in a perfect way ( Psalms...
This Ps. is the prayer of a ruler, apparently of a king. Many scholars believe that the title which ascribes its authorship to David is correct, and connect it with David's desire to have the ark bro...
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 pract...
Psalms 101:1-8 THE contents of this psalm go far towards confirming the correctness of the superscription in ascribing it to David, as Ewald acknowledges. To call it an ideal description of a Jewi...
My Righteous Purpose Psalms 101:1-8 This psalm, as the title indicates, was composed by David, probably at the commencement of his reign. It contains a number of resolutions upon which he was p...
A fine sense of the fitness of things is exhibited by the editor of the psalter in placing this psalm here. Following immediately upon the songs of the enthroned Jehovah, in which there has been perp...
CONTENTS This Psalm contains a mingled song of joy and sorrow; both ad dressed to the Lord. A Psalm of David. Psalms 101:1 Though I do not say that David had no reference to himself, and his pe...
I will sing of mercy and judgment ,.... Either of mercy and justice, exercised by him towards his people, which he resolved to do, and did, 2 Samuel 8:15 which are two very principal points in gov...
Psalms 101:1 «A Psalm of David. » I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. A Psalm of David ] Wherein he promiseth and pre-engageth, that whenever he came to the kingdo...
I will sing of mercy and judgment It is doubtful whether David, in thus determining to make mercy and judgment the subjects of his song, intended the mercy which God had shown him, and the judg...
Mercy and Judgment; David's Pious Resolution. A psalm of David. 1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O L...
PSALM 101 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed by David between times of God's promising the kingdom to him and his actual and plenary possession of it, as appears both from Psalms 101:2 , and f...
INTRODUCTION According to the superscription, this Psalm was composed by David. Three different times in his life have been suggested as the occasion to which the Psalm refers. First, when, upon the...
Psalms 101:1 This resolution indicates a hopeful and happy state of mind. A song is the natural channel for an outflow of gladness. "Is any merry? let him sing psalms." Consider: I. To whom this...
Psalms 101:1 . The last Psalm was a Hymn of Thanksgiving, this one is a Psalm of Thanksgiving. I suppose it to have been written by David just when he assumed the throne, when he was about to become...
Title. A psalm of David. All the Versions agree with the Hebrew in this title. Psalms 101:3 . I hate the work of them that turn aside; a Hebrew phrase for apostasy to idolatry. Instead of goi...
I will sing of mercy and judgment. One man in two characters This psalm depicts one man in two characters, one comparatively good, the other comparatively evil. Such a man is a fair type of the r...
EXPOSITION Tins psalm describes the rightful conduct and proper principles of action of an Israelite king. It is regarded by some as a portrait of an ideal ruler, dramatically put into his mouth...
I will sing of mercy and judgment, of grace as given in the Gospel and appropriated by faith, and of justice, as shown by the Lord in dealing with the believers, the glorious example held before all...
Psalms 71:2 ; Psalms 71:22 ; Psalms 89:1 ; Psalms 9:1 ; Revelation 15:3 ; Revelation 15:4 ; Revelation 19:1-3 ; Romans 11:22 ; Romans 9:15-18 ; Romans 9:22 ; Romans 9:23
I will sing — I will praise thee, O Lord, for thy mercy and justice, which thou hast so eminently discovered in the government of the world, and of thy people; and I will make it my care to imitate...