Psalms 101:1
I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
BSB
ASV
I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises.
KJV
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.
Mercy and judgment I will sing to you, O Lord. Let sinners hear of mercy, those who despair of their salvation, those who are doing penance; let those who scorn hear of judgment, who say: "The Lord is merciful, let us sin, he pardons us."
Note, (1.) God's providences concerning his people are commonly mixed-- mercy and judgment; God has set the one over-against the other, and appointed them April-days, showers and sunshine. It was so with David and his family; when there was mercy in the return of the ark there was judgment in the death of Uzza.
I will sing of mercy and judgment. He would extol both the love and the severity, the sweets and the bitters, which the Lord had mingled in Iris experience; he would admire the justice and the goodness of the Lord. Such a song would fitly lead up to godly resolutions as to his own conduct, for that which we admire in our superiors we naturally endeavour to imitate. Mercy and judgment would temper the administration of David, because he had adoringly perceived them in the dispensations of his God.
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Psalms 89:1I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
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O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
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Psalms 145:7They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
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I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great…
Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
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Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
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Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have…
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.