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Ps 101:1	Strong Concordance	A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. I will sing [07891] of mercy [02617] and judgment [04941]: unto thee, O LORD [03068], will I sing [02167].
	King James	A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
This is the "prince's Psalm," (Note: Eyring, in his Vita of Ernest the Pious Duke of Saxe-Gotha, v. 1601, d. 1675, relates that he sent an unfaithful minister a copy of the 101st Psalm, and that it became a proverb in the country, when an official had done anything wrong: He will certainty soon receive the prince's Psalm to read.) or as it is inscribed in Luther's version, "David's mirror of a monarch." Can there be any more appropriate motto for it than what is said of Jahve's government in Psa 99:4? In respect of this passage of Psa 99:1-9, to which Psa 100:1-5 is the finale, Psa 101:1-8 seems to be appended as an echo out of the heart of David. The appropriateness of the words לדוד מזמור (the position of the words is as in Psa 24:1-10; 40; 109:1-110:7; 139) is corroborated by the form and contents. Probably the great historical work from which the chronicler has taken excerpts furnished the post-exilic collector with a further gleaning of Davidic songs, or at least songs that were ascribed to David. The Psalm before us belongs to the time during which the Ark was in the house of Obed-Edom, where David had left it behind through terror at the misfortune of Uzzah. David said at that time: "How shall the Ark of Jahve come to me (the unholy one)?" Sa2 6:8. He did not venture to bring the Ark of the Fearful and Holy One within the range of his own house. In our Psalm, however, he gives utterance to his determination as king to give earnest heed to the sanctity of his walk, of his rule, and of his house; and this resolve he brings before Jahve as a vow, to whom, in regard to the rich blessing which the Ark of God diffuses around it (Sa2 6:11.), he longingly sighs: "When wilt Thou come to me?!" This contemporaneous reference has been recognised by Hammond and Venema. From the fact that Jahve comes to David, Jerusalem becomes "the city of Jahve," Psa 101:8; and to defend the holiness of this the city of His habitation in all faithfulness, and with all his might, is the thing to which David here pledges himself. The contents of the first verse refer not merely to the Psalm that follows as an announcement of its theme, but to David's whole life: graciousness and right, the self-manifestations united ideally and, for the king who governs His people, typically in Jahve, shall be the subject of his song. Jahve, the primal source of graciousness and of right, it shall be, to whom he consecrates his poetic talent, as also his playing upon the harp. חסד is condescension which flows from the principle of free love, and משׁפּט legality which binds itself impartially and uncapriciously to the rule (norm) of that which is right and good. They are two modes of conduct, mutually tempering each other, which God requires of every man (Mic 6:8, cf. Mat 23:23 : τὴν κρίσιν καὶ τὸν ἔλεον), and more especially of a king. Further, he has resolved to give heed, thoughtfully and with an endeavour to pursue it (השׂכּיל בּ as in Dan 9:13), unto the way of that which is perfect, i.e., blameless. What is further said might now be rendered as a relative clause: when Thou comest to me. But not until then?! Hitzig renders it differently: I will take up the lot of the just when it comes to me, i.e., as often as it is brought to my knowledge. But if this had been the meaning, בּדבר would have been said instead of בּדרך (Exo 18:16, Exo 18:19; Sa2 19:12 [11]); for, according to both its parts, the expression דוך תמים is an ethical notion, and is therefore not used in a different sense from that in Psa 101:6. Moreover, the relative use of the interrogative מתי in Hebrew cannot be supported, with the exception, perhaps, of Pro 23:35. Athanasius correctly interprets: ποθῶ σου τὴν παρουσίαν, ὦ δέσποτα, ἱμείρομαί σου τῆς ἐπιφανείας, ἀλλὰ δὸς τὸ ποθούμενον. It is a question of strong yearning: when wilt Thou come to me? is the time near at hand when Thou wilt erect Thy throne near to me? If his longing should be fulfilled, David is resolved to, and will then, behave himself as he further sets forth in the vows he makes. He pledges himself to walk within his house, i.e., his palace, in the innocence or simplicity of his heart (Psa 78:72; Pro 20:7), without allowing himself to be led away from this frame of mind which has become his through grace. He will not set before his eyes, viz., as a proposition or purpose (Deu 15:9; Exo 10:10; Sa1 29:10, lxx), any morally worthless or vile matter whatsoever (Psa 41:8, cf. concerning בליּעל, Psa 18:5). The commission of excesses he hates: עשׂה is infin. constr. instead of עשׂות as in Gen 31:28; Gen 50:20; Pro 21:3, cf. ראה Gen 48:11, שׁתו Pro 31:4. סטים (like שׂטים in Hos 5:2), as the object of עשׂה, has not a personal (Kimchi, Ewald) signification (cf. on the other hand Psa 40:5), but material signification: (facta) declinantia (like זדים, Psa 19:13, insolentia; הבלים, Zac 11:7, vincientia); all temptations and incitements of this sort he shakes off from himself, so that nothing of the kind cleaves to him. The confessions in Psa 101:4 refer to his own inward nature: לב עקּשׁ (not עקּשׁ־לב, Pro 17:20), a false heart that is not faithful in its intentions either to God or to men, shall remain far from him; wickedness (רע as in Psa 36:5) he does not wish to know, i.e., does not wish to foster and nurture within him. Whoso secretly slanders his neighbour, him will he destroy; it will therefore be so little possible for any to curry favour with him by uncharitable perfidious tale-bearing, of the wiliness of which David himself had had abundant experience in his relation to Saul, that it will rather call forth his anger upon him (Pro 30:10). Instead of the regularly pointed מלושׁני the Ker reads מלשׁני, melŏshnı̂, a Poel (לשׁן linguâ petere, like עין oculo petere, elsewhere הלשׁין, Pro 30:10) with ŏ instead of ō (vid., on Psa 109:10; Psa 62:4) and with Chirek compaginis (vid., on Psa 113:1-9). The "lofty of eyes," i.e., supercilious, haughty, and the "broad of heart," i.e., boastful, puffed up, self-conceited (Pro 28:25, cf. Psa 21:4), him he cannot endure (אוּכל, properly fut. Hoph., I am incapable of, viz., לשׂאת, which is to be supplied as in Isa 1:13, after Pro 30:21; Jer 44:22). (Note: In both instances the Masora writes אותו (plene), but the Talmud, B. Erachin 15b, had אתו before it when it says: "Of the slanderer God says: I and he cannot dwell together in the world, I cannot bear it any longer with him (אתּו).") On the other hand, his eyes rest upon the faithful of the land, with the view, viz., of drawing them into his vicinity. Whoso walks in the way of uprightness, he shall serve him (שׁרת, θεραπεύειν, akin to עבד, δουλεύειν). He who practises deceit shall not stay within his house; he who speaks lies shall have no continuance (יכּון is more than equivalent to נכון) before (under) his eyes. Every morning (לבּקרים as in Psa 73:14; Isa 33:2; Lam 3:23, and לבקרים, Job 7:18), when Jahve shall have taken up His abode in Jerusalem, will he destroy all evil-doers (רשׁעי as in Psa 119:119), i.e., incorrigibly wicked ones, wherever he may meet them upon the earth, in order that all workers of evil may be rooted out of the royal city, which is now become the city of Jahve.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

This is the "prince's Psalm,"

(Note: Eyring, in his Vita of Ernest the Pious Duke of Saxe-Gotha, v. 1601, d. 1675, relates that he sent an unfaithful minister a copy of the 101st Psalm, and that it became a proverb in the country, when an official had done anything wrong: He will certainty soon receive the prince's Psalm to read.)

or as it is inscribed in Luther's version, "David's mirror of a monarch." Can there be any more appropriate motto for it than what is said of Jahve's government in Psa 99:4? In respect of this passage of Psa 99:1-9, to which Psa 100:1-5 is the finale, Psa 101:1-8 seems to be appended as an echo out of the heart of David. The appropriateness of the words לדוד מזמור (the position of the words is as in Psa 24:1-10; 40; 109:1-110:7; 139) is corroborated by the form and contents. Probably the great historical work from which the chronicler has taken excerpts furnished the post-exilic collector with a further gleaning of Davidic songs, or at least songs that were ascribed to David. The Psalm before us belongs to the time during which the Ark was in the house of Obed-Edom, where David had left it behind through terror at the misfortune of Uzzah. David said at that time: "How shall the Ark of Jahve come to me (the unholy one)?" Sa2 6:8. He did not venture to bring the Ark of the Fearful and Holy One within the range of his own house. In our Psalm, however, he gives utterance to his determination as king to give earnest heed to the sanctity of his walk, of his rule, and of his house; and this resolve he brings before Jahve as a vow, to whom, in regard to the rich blessing which the Ark of God diffuses around it (Sa2 6:11.), he longingly sighs: "When wilt Thou come to me?!" This contemporaneous reference has been recognised by Hammond and Venema. From the fact that Jahve comes to David, Jerusalem becomes "the city of Jahve," Psa 101:8; and to defend the holiness of this the city of His habitation in all faithfulness, and with all his might, is the thing to which David here pledges himself.

The contents of the first verse refer not merely to the Psalm that follows as an announcement of its theme, but to David's whole life: graciousness and right, the self-manifestations united ideally and, for the king who governs His people, typically in Jahve, shall be the subject of his song. Jahve, the primal source of graciousness and of right, it shall be, to whom he consecrates his poetic talent, as also his playing upon the harp. חסד is condescension which flows from the principle of free love, and משׁפּט legality which binds itself impartially and uncapriciously to the rule (norm) of that which is right and good. They are two modes of conduct, mutually tempering each other, which God requires of every man (Mic 6:8, cf. Mat 23:23 : τὴν κρίσιν καὶ τὸν ἔλεον), and more especially of a king. Further, he has resolved to give heed, thoughtfully and with an endeavour to pursue it (השׂכּיל בּ as in Dan 9:13), unto the way of that which is perfect, i.e., blameless. What is further said might now be rendered as a relative clause: when Thou comest to me. But not until then?! Hitzig renders it differently: I will take up the lot of the just when it comes to me, i.e., as often as it is brought to my knowledge. But if this had been the meaning, בּדבר would have been said instead of בּדרך (Exo 18:16, Exo 18:19; Sa2 19:12 [11]); for, according to both its parts, the expression דוך תמים is an ethical notion, and is therefore not used in a different sense from that in Psa 101:6. Moreover, the relative use of the interrogative מתי in Hebrew cannot be supported, with the exception, perhaps, of Pro 23:35. Athanasius correctly interprets: ποθῶ σου τὴν παρουσίαν, ὦ δέσποτα, ἱμείρομαί σου τῆς ἐπιφανείας, ἀλλὰ δὸς τὸ ποθούμενον. It is a question of strong yearning: when wilt Thou come to me? is the time near at hand when Thou wilt erect Thy throne near to me? If his longing should be fulfilled, David is resolved to, and will then, behave himself as he further sets forth in the vows he makes. He pledges himself to walk within his house, i.e., his palace, in the innocence or simplicity of his heart (Psa 78:72; Pro 20:7), without allowing himself to be led away from this frame of mind which has become his through grace. He will not set before his eyes, viz., as a proposition or purpose (Deu 15:9; Exo 10:10; Sa1 29:10, lxx), any morally worthless or vile matter whatsoever (Psa 41:8, cf. concerning בליּעל, Psa 18:5). The commission of excesses he hates: עשׂה is infin. constr. instead of עשׂות as in Gen 31:28; Gen 50:20; Pro 21:3, cf. ראה Gen 48:11, שׁתו Pro 31:4. סטים (like שׂטים in Hos 5:2), as the object of עשׂה, has not a personal (Kimchi, Ewald) signification (cf. on the other hand Psa 40:5), but material signification: (facta) declinantia (like זדים, Psa 19:13, insolentia; הבלים, Zac 11:7, vincientia); all temptations and incitements of this sort he shakes off from himself, so that nothing of the kind cleaves to him. The confessions in Psa 101:4 refer to his own inward nature: לב עקּשׁ (not עקּשׁ־לב, Pro 17:20), a false heart that is not faithful in its intentions either to God or to men, shall remain far from him; wickedness (רע as in Psa 36:5) he does not wish to know, i.e., does not wish to foster and nurture within him. Whoso secretly slanders his neighbour, him will he destroy; it will therefore be so little possible for any to curry favour with him by uncharitable perfidious tale-bearing, of the wiliness of which David himself had had abundant experience in his relation to Saul, that it will rather call forth his anger upon him (Pro 30:10). Instead of the regularly pointed מלושׁני the Ker reads מלשׁני, melŏshnı̂, a Poel (לשׁן linguâ petere, like עין oculo petere, elsewhere הלשׁין, Pro 30:10) with ŏ instead of ō (vid., on Psa 109:10; Psa 62:4) and with Chirek compaginis (vid., on Psa 113:1-9). The "lofty of eyes," i.e., supercilious, haughty, and the "broad of heart," i.e., boastful, puffed up, self-conceited (Pro 28:25, cf. Psa 21:4), him he cannot endure (אוּכל, properly fut. Hoph., I am incapable of, viz., לשׂאת, which is to be supplied as in Isa 1:13, after Pro 30:21; Jer 44:22).

(Note: In both instances the Masora writes אותו (plene), but the Talmud, B. Erachin 15b, had אתו before it when it says: "Of the slanderer God says: I and he cannot dwell together in the world, I cannot bear it any longer with him (אתּו).")

On the other hand, his eyes rest upon the faithful of the land, with the view, viz., of drawing them into his vicinity. Whoso walks in the way of uprightness, he shall serve him (שׁרת, θεραπεύειν, akin to עבד, δουλεύειν). He who practises deceit shall not stay within his house; he who speaks lies shall have no continuance (יכּון is more than equivalent to נכון) before (under) his eyes. Every morning (לבּקרים as in Psa 73:14; Isa 33:2; Lam 3:23, and לבקרים, Job 7:18), when Jahve shall have taken up His abode in Jerusalem, will he destroy all evil-doers (רשׁעי as in Psa 119:119), i.e., incorrigibly wicked ones, wherever he may meet them upon the earth, in order that all workers of evil may be rooted out of the royal city, which is now become the city of Jahve.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
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 thee herein.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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.

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¹¹⁹ Thou puttest away [07673] all the wicked [07563] of the earth [0776] like dross [05509]: therefore I love [0157] thy testimonies [05713].

¹⁸ And that thou shouldest visit [06485] him every morning [01242], and try [0974] him every moment [07281]?

²³ They are new [02319] every morning [01242]: great [07227] is thy faithfulness [0530].

² O LORD [03068], be gracious [02603] unto us; we have waited [06960] for thee: be thou their arm [02220] every morning [01242], our salvation [03444] also in the time [06256] of trouble [06869].

¹⁴ For all the day [03117] long have I been plagued [05060], and chastened [08433] every morning [01242].

²² So that the LORD [03068] could [03201] no longer bear [05375], because [06440] of the evil [07455] of your doings [04611], and because [06440] of the abominations [08441] which ye have committed [06213]; therefore is your land [0776] a desolation [02723], and an astonishment [08047], and a curse [07045], without an inhabitant [03427], as at this day [03117].

²¹ For three [07969] things the earth [0776] is disquieted [07264], and for four [0702] which it cannot [03201] bear [05375]:

¹³ Bring [0935] no more [03254] vain [07723] oblations [04503]; incense [07004] is an abomination [08441] unto me; the new moons [02320] and sabbaths [07676], the calling [07121] of assemblies [04744], I cannot away with [03201]; it is iniquity [0205], even the solemn meeting [06116].

⁴ He asked [07592] life [02416] of thee, and thou gavest [05414] it him, even length [0753] of days [03117] for ever [05769] and ever [05703].

²⁵ He that is of a proud [07342] heart [05315] stirreth up [01624] strife [04066]: but he that putteth his trust [0982] in the LORD [03068] shall be made fat [01878].

¹ Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050]. Praise [01984], O ye servants [05650] of the LORD [03068], praise [01984] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068].
² Blessed [01288] be the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] from this time forth [06258] and for [05704] evermore [05769].
³ From the rising [04217] of the sun [08121] unto the going down [03996] of the same the LORD'S [03068] name [08034] is to be praised [01984].
⁴ The LORD [03068] is high [07311] above all nations [01471], and his glory [03519] above the heavens [08064].
⁵ Who is like unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430], who dwelleth [03427] on high [01361],
⁶ Who humbleth [08213] himself to behold [07200] the things that are in heaven [08064], and in the earth [0776]!
⁷ He raiseth up [06965] the poor [01800] out of the dust [06083], and lifteth [07311] the needy [034] out of the dunghill [0830];
⁸ That he may set [03427] him with princes [05081], even with the princes [05081] of his people [05971].
⁹ He maketh the barren woman [06135] to keep [03427] house [01004], and to be a joyful [08056] mother [0517] of children [01121]. Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050].

⁴ They only consult [03289] to cast him down [05080] from his excellency [07613]: they delight [07521] in lies [03577]: they bless [01288] with their mouth [06310], but they curse [07043] inwardly [07130]. Selah [05542].

¹⁰ Let his children [01121] be continually [05128] vagabonds [05128], and beg [07592]: let them seek [01875] their bread also out of their desolate places [02723].

¹⁰ Accuse [03960] not a servant [05650] unto his master [0113], lest he curse [07043] thee, and thou be found guilty [0816].

⁵ Thy mercy [02617], O LORD [03068], is in the heavens [08064]; and thy faithfulness [0530] reacheth unto the clouds [07834].

²⁰ He that hath a froward [06141] heart [03820] findeth [04672] no good [02896]: and he that hath a perverse [02015] tongue [03956] falleth [05307] into mischief [07451].

⁴ A froward [06141] heart [03824] shall depart [05493] from me: I will not know [03045] a wicked [07451] person.

⁷ And I will feed [07462] the flock [06629] of slaughter [02028], even you [03651], O poor [06041] of the flock [06629]. And I took [03947] unto me two [08147] staves [04731]; the one [0259] I called [07121] Beauty [05278], and the other [0259] I called [07121] Bands [02254]; and I fed [07462] the flock [06629].

¹³ Keep back [02820] thy servant [05650] also from presumptuous [02086] sins; let them not have dominion [04910] over me: then shall I be upright [08552], and I shall be innocent [05352] from the great [07227] transgression [06588].

⁵ Many [07227], O LORD [03068] my God [0430], are thy wonderful [06381] works which thou hast done [06213], and thy thoughts [04284] which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order [06186] unto thee: if I would declare [05046] and speak [01696] of them, they are more [06105] than can be numbered [05608].

² And the revolters [07846] are profound [06009] to make slaughter [07819], though I have been a rebuker [04148] of them all.

⁴ It is not for kings [04428], O Lemuel [03927], it is not for kings [04428] to drink [08354] wine [03196]; nor for [0335] [0176] princes [07336] strong drink [07941]:

¹¹ And Israel [03478] said [0559] unto Joseph [03130], I had not thought [06419] to see [07200] thy face [06440]: and, lo, God [0430] hath shewed [07200] me also thy seed [02233].

³ To do [06213] justice [06666] and judgment [04941] is more acceptable [0977] to the LORD [03068] than sacrifice [02077].

²⁰ But as for you, ye thought [02803] evil [07451] against me; but God [0430] meant it [02803] unto good [02896], to [04616] bring to pass [06213], as it is this day [03117], to save [02421] much [07227] people [05971] alive [02421].

²⁸ And hast not suffered [05203] me to kiss [05401] my sons [01121] and my daughters [01323]? thou hast now done foolishly [05528] in so doing [06213].

⁵ The sorrows [02256] of hell [07585] compassed me about [05437]: the snares [04170] of death [04194] prevented [06923] me.

⁸ An evil [01100] disease [01697], say they, cleaveth fast [03332] unto him: and now that he lieth [07901] he shall rise up [06965] no more [03254].

¹⁰ Wherefore now rise up early [07925] in the morning [01242] with thy master's [0113] servants [05650] that are come [0935] with thee: and as soon as ye be up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and have light [0215], depart [03212].

¹⁰ And he said [0559] unto them, Let the LORD [03068] be so with you, as I will let you go [07971], and your little ones [02945]: look [07200] to it; for evil [07451] is before [06440] you.

⁹ Beware [08104] that there be not a thought [01697] in thy wicked [01100] heart [03824], saying [0559], The seventh [07651] year [08141], the year [08141] of release [08059], is at hand [07126]; and thine eye [05869] be evil [07489] against thy poor [034] brother [0251], and thou givest [05414] him nought; and he cry [07121] unto the LORD [03068] against thee, and it be sin [02399] unto thee.

⁷ The just [06662] man walketh [01980] in his integrity [08537]: his children [01121] are blessed [0835] after [0310] him.

⁷² So he fed [07462] them according to the integrity [08537] of his heart [03824]; and guided [05148] them by the skilfulness [08394] of his hands [03709].

³⁵ They have stricken [05221] me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick [02470]; they have beaten [01986] me, and I felt [03045] it not: when shall I awake [06974]? I will seek [01245] it yet[03254] again.

⁶ Mine eyes [05869] shall be upon the faithful [0539] of the land [0776], that they may dwell [03427] with me: he that walketh [01980] in a perfect [08549] way [01870], he shall serve [08334] me.

¹² Ye are my brethren [0251], ye are my bones [06106] and my flesh [01320]: wherefore then are ye the last [0314] to bring back [07725] the king [04428]?

¹⁹ Hearken [08085] now unto my voice [06963], I will give thee counsel [03289], and God [0430] shall be [01961] with thee: Be thou for the people [05971] to God-ward [04136] [0430], that thou mayest bring [0935] the causes [01697] unto God [0430]:

¹⁶ When they have a matter [01697], they come [0935] unto me; and I judge [08199] between one [0376] and another [07453], and I do make them know [03045] the statutes [02706] of God [0430], and his laws [08451].

¹³ As it is written [03789] in the law [08451] of Moses [04872], all this evil [07451] is come [0935] upon us: yet made we not our prayer [02470] before [06440] the LORD [03068] our God [0430], that we might turn [07725] from our iniquities [05771], and understand [07919] thy truth [0571].

²³ Woe [3759] unto you [5213], scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330], hypocrites [5273]! for [3754] ye pay tithe [586] of mint [2238] and [2532] anise [432] and [2532] cummin [2951], and [2532] have omitted [863] the weightier [926] matters of the law [3551], judgment [2920], [2532] mercy [1656], and [2532] faith [4102]: these [5023] ought ye [1163] to have done [4160], and not [3361] to leave [863] the other [2548] undone [863].

⁸ He hath shewed [05046] thee, O man [0120], what is good [02896]; and what doth the LORD [03068] require [01875] of thee, but to do [06213] justly [04941], and to love [0160] mercy [02617], and to walk [03212] humbly [06800] with thy God [0430]?

⁸ I will early [01242] destroy [06789] all the wicked [07563] of the land [0776]; that I may cut off [03772] all wicked [0205] doers [06466] from the city [05892] of the LORD [03068].

¹¹ And the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068] continued [03427] in the house [01004] of Obededom [05654] the Gittite [01663] three [07969] months [02320]: and the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] Obededom [05654], and all his household [01004].

⁸ And David [01732] was displeased [02734], because the LORD [03068] had made [06555] a breach [06556] upon Uzzah [05798]: and he called [07121] the name of the place [04725] Perezuzzah [06560] to this day [03117].

¹ A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. The earth [0776] is the LORD'S [03068], and the fulness [04393] thereof; the world [08398], and they that dwell [03427] therein.
² For he hath founded [03245] it upon the seas [03220], and established [03559] it upon the floods [05104].
³ Who shall ascend [05927] into the hill [02022] of the LORD [03068]? or who shall stand [06965] in his holy [06944] place [04725]?
⁴ He that hath clean [05355] hands [03709], and a pure [01249] heart [03824]; who hath not lifted up [05375] his soul [05315] unto vanity [07723], nor sworn [07650] deceitfully [04820].
⁵ He shall receive [05375] the blessing [01293] from the LORD [03068], and righteousness [06666] from the God [0430] of his salvation [03468].
⁶ This is the generation [01755] of them that seek [01875] him, that seek [01245] thy face [06440], O Jacob [03290]. Selah [05542].
⁷ Lift up [05375] your heads [07218], O ye gates [08179]; and be ye lift up [05375], ye everlasting [05769] doors [06607]; and the King [04428] of glory [03519] shall come in [0935].
⁸ Who is this King [04428] of glory [03519]? The LORD [03068] strong [05808] and mighty [01368], the LORD [03068] mighty [01368] in battle [04421].
⁹ Lift up [05375] your heads [07218], O ye gates [08179]; even lift them up [05375], ye everlasting [05769] doors [06607]; and the King [04428] of glory [03519] shall come in [0935].
¹⁰ Who is this King [04428] of glory [03519]? The LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], he is the King [04428] of glory [03519]. Selah [05542].

¹ A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. I will sing [07891] of mercy [02617] and judgment [04941]: unto thee, O LORD [03068], will I sing [02167].
² I will behave myself wisely [07919] in a perfect [08549] way [01870]. O when wilt thou come [0935] unto me? I will walk [01980] within [07130] my house [01004] with a perfect [08537] heart [03824].
³ I will set [07896] no wicked [01100] thing [01697] before mine eyes [05869]: I hate [08130] the work [06213] of them that turn aside [07750]; it shall not cleave [01692] to me.
⁴ A froward [06141] heart [03824] shall depart [05493] from me: I will not know [03045] a wicked [07451] person.
⁵ Whoso privily [05643] slandereth [03960] [03960] his neighbour [07453], him will I cut off [06789]: him that hath an high [01362] look [05869] and a proud [07342] heart [03824] will not I suffer [03201].
⁶ Mine eyes [05869] shall be upon the faithful [0539] of the land [0776], that they may dwell [03427] with me: he that walketh [01980] in a perfect [08549] way [01870], he shall serve [08334] me.
⁷ He that worketh [06213] deceit [07423] shall not dwell [03427] within [07130] my house [01004]: he that telleth [01696] lies [08267] shall not tarry [03559] in my sight [05869].
⁸ I will early [01242] destroy [06789] all the wicked [07563] of the land [0776]; that I may cut off [03772] all wicked [0205] doers [06466] from the city [05892] of the LORD [03068].

¹ A Psalm [04210] of praise [08426]. Make a joyful noise [07321] unto the LORD [03068], all ye lands [0776].
² Serve [05647] the LORD [03068] with gladness [08057]: come [0935] before his presence [06440] with singing [07445].
³ Know [03045] ye that the LORD [03068] he is God [0430]: it is he that hath made [06213] us, and not we ourselves; we are his people [05971], and the sheep [06629] of his pasture [04830].
⁴ Enter [0935] into his gates [08179] with thanksgiving [08426], and into his courts [02691] with praise [08416]: be thankful [03034] unto him, and bless [01288] his name [08034].
⁵ For the LORD [03068] is good [02896]; his mercy [02617] is everlasting [05769]; and his truth [0530] endureth to all [01755] generations [01755].

¹ The LORD [03068] reigneth [04427]; let the people [05971] tremble [07264]: he sitteth [03427] between the cherubims [03742]; let the earth [0776] be moved [05120].
² The LORD [03068] is great [01419] in Zion [06726]; and he is high [07311] above all the people [05971].
³ Let them praise [03034] thy great [01419] and terrible [03372] name [08034]; for it is holy [06918].
⁴ The king's [04428] strength [05797] also loveth [0157] judgment [04941]; thou dost establish [03559] equity [04339], thou executest [06213] judgment [04941] and righteousness [06666] in Jacob [03290].
⁵ Exalt [07311] ye the LORD [03068] our God [0430], and worship [07812] at his footstool [07272] [01916]; for he is holy [06918].
⁶ Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] among his priests [03548], and Samuel [08050] among them that call [07121] upon his name [08034]; they called [07121] upon the LORD [03068], and he answered [06030] them.
⁷ He spake [01696] unto them in the cloudy [06051] pillar [05982]: they kept [08104] his testimonies [05713], and the ordinance [02706] that he gave [05414] them.
⁸ Thou answeredst [06030] them, O LORD [03068] our God [0430]: thou wast a God [0410] that forgavest [05375] them, though thou tookest vengeance [05358] of their inventions [05949].
⁹ Exalt [07311] the LORD [03068] our God [0430], and worship [07812] at his holy [06944] hill [02022]; for the LORD [03068] our God [0430] is holy [06918].

⁴ The king's [04428] strength [05797] also loveth [0157] judgment [04941]; thou dost establish [03559] equity [04339], thou executest [06213] judgment [04941] and righteousness [06666] in Jacob [03290].