KJV King James Version
A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
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Psalm 101:1
A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
WEB World English Bible
A Psalm by David. I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
ASV American Standard Version
A Psalm of David. I will sing of lovingkindness and justice: Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I sing praises.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A Psalm of David. Kindness and judgment I sing, To Thee, O Jehovah, I sing praise.
Surrounding context — Psalm 101
1 A Psalm of David. 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].
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Psalm 89:1Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.Psalm 145:7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.Psalm 71:22-23I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.Revelation 19:1-3And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:Psalm 136:10-22To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:Revelation 15:3-4And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.Psalm 51:14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.Romans 9:15-18For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.Psalm 103:6-8The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.Psalm 97:8Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.Romans 9:22-23[What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:Romans 11:22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
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