Psalms 101:1

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation

A psalm of David.

I will sing of your love and justice, Lord . I will praise you with songs.

English Revised Version
A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing praises.

Update Bible Version
A Psalm of David. I will sing of loving-kindness and justice: To you, O Yahweh, I will sing praises.

New Century Version

A psalm of David.

I will sing of your love and fairness; Lord , I will sing praises to you.

New English Translation

A psalm of David.

I will sing about loyalty and justice! To you, O Lord , I will sing praises!

Webster's Bible Translation
A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: to thee, O LORD, will I sing.

World English Bible
<> I will sing of lovingkindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

Amplified Bible
I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice; To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

English Standard Version

A Psalm of David.

I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord , I will make music.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The titil of the hundrid salm. `The salm of Dauid. Lord, Y schal synge to thee; merci and doom.

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

Contemporary English Version

(A psalm by David.)

I will sing to you, Lord ! I will celebrate your kindness and your justice.

American Standard Version

A Psalm of David.

I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises.

Bible in Basic English
I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.

Complete Jewish Bible
A psalm of David: I am singing of grace and justice; I am singing to you, Adonai .

Darby Translation

A Psalm of David.

I will sing of loving-kindness and judgment: unto thee, Jehovah, will I sing psalms.

Easy-to-Read Version

A song of David.

I will sing about love and justice. Lord , I will sing to you.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and justice; unto Thee, O LORD, will I sing praises.

King James Version (1611)
[A Psalme of Dauid.] I will sing of Mercie and Iudgement: vnto thee, O Lord, wil I sing.

New Life Bible
I will sing of loving-kindness and of what is right and fair. I will sing praises to You, O Lord.

New Revised Standard

Of David. A Psalm.

I will sing of loyalty and of justice; to you, O Lord , I will sing.

Geneva Bible (1587)
A Psalme of Dauid. I will sing mercie and iudgement: vnto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

George Lamsa Translation
I WILL sing of mercy and judgment; unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.

Good News Translation
My song is about loyalty and justice, and I sing it to you, O Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of lovingkindness and of justice, will I sing! Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I touch the strings!

Douay-Rheims Bible
(100-1) <A psalm for David himself.> Mercy and judgment I will sing to thee, O Lord: I will sing,

Revised Standard Version
A Psalm of David. I will sing of loyalty and of justice; to thee, O LORD, I will sing.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I will sing of mercie and iudgement: I wyll syng vnto thee O God psalmes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will sing to thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm,

Christian Standard Bible®
I will sing of faithful love and justice;I will sing praise to you, Lord.

Hebrew Names Version
<> I will sing of lovingkindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.

Lexham English Bible

Of David. A psalm.

I will sing of loyal love and justice; I will sing praises to you, O Yahweh.

Literal Translation
A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment; to You O Jehovah, I will sing praise.

Young's Literal Translation
A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My songe shalbe of mercy and iudgment, yee vnto the (o LORDE) wil I synge.

THE MESSAGE
A David Psalm My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, God . I'm finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up? I'm doing the very best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts. I refuse to take a second look at corrupting people and degrading things. I reject made-in-Canaan gods, stay clear of contamination. The crooked in heart keep their distance; I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil. I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor; I can't stand arrogance. But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people— they're the ones I want working with me; Men and women on the straight and narrow— these are the ones I want at my side. But no one who traffics in lies gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars. I've rounded up all the wicked like cattle and herded them right out of the country. I purged God 's city of all who make a business of evil.

New American Standard Bible
I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, LORD, I will sing praises.

New King James Version
I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

New American Standard Bible (1995)

A Psalm of David.

I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, To You, O Lord , I will sing praises.

Legacy Standard Bible
I will sing of lovingkindness and justice,To You, O Yahweh, I will sing praises.

Contextual Overview

¹ I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord , will I sing. ² I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. ³ I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. ⁴ A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. ⁵ Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. ⁶ Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. ⁷ He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. ⁸ I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will sing: Psalms 89:1, Psalms 97:8, Psalms 103:6-8, Psalms 136:10-22, Romans 9:15-18, Romans 9:22, Romans 9:23, Romans 11:22, Revelation 15:3, Revelation 15:4, Revelation 19:1-3

unto thee: Psalms 71:22, Psalms 71:23

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 8:15 - David executed Psalms 59:16 - sing aloud Psalms 78:72 - according Psalms 95:1 - sing Proverbs 20:28 - General Isaiah 5:1 - Now Romans 12:8 - ruleth

Gill's Notes on the 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 government, are the glory of a reign, the support of the throne, and the happiness of a people, Proverbs 20:28, or rather of the mercy of God to himself, in delivering him from his enemies, and raising him to the throne; and of the judgment of God in maintaining his cause, and avenging him on those that hated him: every good man has reason to sing of the "mercy" of God; not only of his providential mercy, but of his special mercy, prepared in council and covenant for him, displayed in regeneration, in the pardon of sin, and in his everlasting salvation: or of "grace" and goodness, as the word f signifies; of the grace and goodness of God laid up in Christ, shown forth through him, and to which the whole of salvation is owing; singing of this shows a sense of it, thankfulness for it, and a cheerful disposition of soul, in a view of interest in it: and he may also sing of "judgment": of righteous punishment inflicted upon his enemies, and the enemies of God, and Christ, and true religion; not as taking delight in the misery of fellow creatures, but as rejoicing in the glory of divine justice displayed therein, and in a deliverance from them; as Israel did at the Red sea; and as the church will, when Babylon is destroyed: moreover, a good man may sing of mercy and judgment together, with respect to himself; there being, in the course of his life, a mixture of prosperity and adversity, of merciful and afflictive dispensations, which work together for his good; and he has reason to be thankful for the one as for the other, as Job was, Job 1:21, so the Targum,

"if thou renderest mercy to me; if thou exercisest judgment on me; for all I will praise thee:''

judgment sometimes signifies chastisement, Jeremiah 10:24, it may be understood of Christ, who sung of the mercy of God, as shown in the mission of him into the world to save men, and which was glorified in their redemption by him; and of the justice of God exercised on him, as their surety, on whom judgment came unto condemnation for their sins; and when the sword of justice was awaked against him, the hand of mercy was turned on the little ones, Zechariah 13:7,

unto thee, O Lord, will I sing; on the above subjects.

f חסד "gratiam", Gejerus, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 own conduct, commend these virtues - mercy and justice - to mankind, and celebrate their value. He who himself “adopts” the principles of mercy, kindness, truth, and justice, as his own guide, commends these virtues to mankind in the best way possible. No language can do it effectually, unless a man practices these virtues himself.

Unto thee, O Lord, will I sing - As commending and approving these things; as having put it into my heart to practice them; as displaying them in thine own higher administration: for a father of a family, or a magistrate, is but the representative of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 stand in his presence, 4;

nor any slanderer of his neighbour, 4, 5.

He will encourage the faithful and upright, 6;

but the deceitful, the liars, and the profligate, he will cast

out of the city of God, 7, 8.

NOTES ON PSALM CI

The Hebrew and all the Versions attribute this Psalm to David. It shows us the resolutions he formed when he came to the throne; and it is a perfect model according to which a wise prince should regulate his conduct and his government.

Verse Psalms 101:1. I will sing of mercy and judgment — David might say, Adverse and prosperous providences have been of the utmost use to my soul; therefore, I will thank God for both. Or, as he was probably now called to the government of all the tribes, he might make a resolution that he would show חסד chesed, incessant benevolence, to the upright; and משפט mishpat, the execution of judgment, to the wicked; and would make the conduct of God the model of his own.