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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 101:1-8

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 brought from the house of Obededom to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:6). Others suppose it to have been written by Hezekiah, Josiah, or one of the Maccabees. The writer first utters his resolves as to his personal life and conduct (Psalms 101:1), and then announces his purpose of choosing his servants only from among the upright, and of discouraging and exterminating all forms of wickedness (Psalms 101:5).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM CI _The subject proposed, mercy and judgment_, 1. _The psalmist's resolution in respect to his private conduct_, 2. _He will put away evil, inward and outward_, 3. _No evil person shall stan...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 of his...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 101-106 Psalms 101 The Righteous King Speaketh _ 1. The character of the King (Psalms 101:1)_ 2. His righteous demands of His subjects (Psalms 101:4) A Psalm of David. He speaks as kin

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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) the same str...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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. MER...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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 precise...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _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, resolved to...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 101 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A King's Resolve to have a pure House and Court and Royal City. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 101:1-2 a, The Theme of Song Announced and Applied to the Conduct becoming, a...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. Psalms 101:1.-Resolution to sing of Yahweh's mercy and justice (Psalms 101:1); also to behave in a perfect way (Psalms 101:2...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE KING’S SONG PSALMS 101 Jesus said, "First look for the place where God is king. Do the good things that he does". ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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 t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְ דָוִ֗ד מִ֫זְמֹ֥ור חֶֽסֶד ־וּ מִשְׁפָּ֥ט אָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 101:1 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 Jewish kin...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MY RIGHTEOUS PURPOSE Psalms 101:1 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 prepared...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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 perpe...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    "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 openl...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Poor. Hebrew, "afflicted." This may refer to some of the captives, who were returning, (ver. 14.; Calmet) or to Jesus Christ, (St. Augustine) to whom St. Paul applies ver. 26, 28., and whose redempti...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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 person...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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 himself, a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 101 states the principles on which the King will govern His house and the land when He takes the kingdom in the name of Jehovah. Psalms 93 is the thesis, Jehovah reigns: the rage of men, the su...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 governme...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 kingdom he...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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 judgm...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 r...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PRINCIPLES OF RIGHT GOVERNMENT. A psalm of David, in which he set forth the guiding rules of his life, especially those of his reign, showing, at the same time, his appreciation of God's mercy to...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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 from the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 101:1 Psalm H4210 David H1732 sing H7891 (H8799) mercy H2617 justice H4941 LORD H3068 sing H2167 ...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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 man...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 ki...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David's vow to God when he took upon him the charge of the kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer should resolve to walk by the rules of Christian prudence and in the wa...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 going up...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    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 race...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 101:1. This is a royal psalm about the place of the Davidic monarchy in God’s plan for his people. It explains for David and his heirs the ideal kind of ruler they should be...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 d...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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; by o...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Psalms 101:1-8; Psalms 101:1-8 is a psalm of David, and David declares in the first verse, I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing ...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Psalms 71:2; Psalms 71:22; Psalms 89:1; Psalms 9:1; Revelation 15:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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 th...

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