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Psalm 101:1
A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.
1A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises.
2I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
3I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
Notice
Loving kindness and justice share one song here, challenging any habit of praising God's tenderness while leaving his justice out of view.
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Which part of David's song, loving kindness or justice, is harder for you to sing today?
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Psalm 89:1A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all …Both singers resolve to sing of the LORD's loving kindness, making his love the subject of their praise.
Psalm 59:16But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my …Both verses express a resolve to sing of loving kindness; Psalm 59 connects that song with God's refuge in distress.
Psalm 95:1Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!Both direct singing to the LORD, with David declaring his intent and Psalm 95 urging others to join in praise.
Psalm 71:22–23I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.Both singers address God with praise, naming loving kindness and justice in Psalm 101 and faithfulness in Psalm 71.
Revelation 19:1–3After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;Both passages direct praise to God, though David speaks as one singer and Revelation describes a great multitude in heaven.
Proverbs 20:28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.Love is valued in both texts: David sings of loving kindness, and Proverbs says love sustains a king's throne.
Romans 9:15–18For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”The shared thread is mercy: David sings of loving kindness, and God declares his freedom to show mercy to whom he chooses.
Revelation 15:3–4They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and …Both songs praise the Lord with attention to what is right: David names justice, and Revelation's singers declare God's ways righteous.
Romans 11:22See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will …Both passages speak of God's dealings, pairing loving kindness with justice in the psalm and goodness with severity in Romans.
Romans 9:22–23What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,The link is indirect: David sings of justice, while Romans speaks of God's wrath and patience toward vessels prepared for destruction.
Isaiah 5:1Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.Both introduce a song, though David praises the LORD and Isaiah begins a song about his beloved's vineyard.
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Praise and worship. gratitude. injustice and anger.
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Encouragement
Your praise can include both loving kindness and justice, even when one is harder to sing about. David names both as subjects of his song to YHWH.
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