Psalms 101:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְדָוִ֗ד מִ֫זְמ֥וֹר חֶֽסֶד־וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט אָשִׁ֑ירָה לְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃

Transliteration

Of Dāwid mizmōr. Ḥesed-and-mishpāṭ I will āshīrāh; to-you YHWH I will ʾazammērāh.

Grammar Details

*Dāwid*: proper noun, prepositional prefix lə- (to/of/for) - indicates attribution/authorship
*mizmōr*: masculine singular noun - psalm/song
*Ḥesed*: masculine singular noun - covenant faithfulness/lovingkindness/mercy
*mishpāṭ*: masculine singular noun - judgment/justice, connected to previous noun with maqqef
*āshīrāh*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular with cohortative suffix - I will sing/celebrate
*YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
*ʾazammērāh*: Piel imperfect 1st person singular with cohortative suffix - I will praise/sing/make music

Word Meanings

*mizmōr*: psalm/musical composition/song
*Ḥesed*: lovingkindness/covenant faithfulness/mercy/steadfast love
*mishpāṭ*: justice/judgment/ordinance/legal decision
*āshīrāh*: I will sing/I shall sing/let me sing
*ʾazammērāh*: I will praise/I will make music/I will sing psalms to

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 89:1 : 1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Ps 71:22-23 : 22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [Even] thy truth, O my God: Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. 23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Rev 19:1-3 : 1 {G2532} After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, {G2532} {G5092} belong to {G2962} our God: 2 for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up for ever and ever.
Ps 51:14 : 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Ps 97:8 : 8 Zion heard and was glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoiced, Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.
Ps 103:6-8 : 6 Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel. 8 Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
Ps 136:10-22 : 10 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 11 And brought out Israel from among them; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 13 To him that divided the Red Sea in sunder; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 16 To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 17 To him that smote great kings; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 18 And slew famous kings; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 20 And Og king of Bashan; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 21 And gave their land for a heritage; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 22 Even a heritage unto Israel his servant; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
Ps 145:7 : 7 They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness.
Rom 9:15-18 : 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy. 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth. 18 So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.
Rom 9:22-23 : 22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction: 23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
Rom 11:22 : 22 Behold then the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell, severity; but toward thee, God's goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Rev 15:3-4 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages. 4 Who shall not fear, {G4571} O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.

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