Psalms 101:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A psalm of David. I will sing about loyalty and justice! To you, O LORD, I will 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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 89:1 : 1 A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the LORD’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
• Ps 71:22-23 : 22 I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel! 23 My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!
• Rev 19:1-3 : 1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!” 3 Then a second time the crowd shouted,“Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever.
• Ps 51:14 : 14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your righteousness.
• Ps 97:8 : 8 Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O LORD.
• Ps 103:6-8 : 6 The LORD does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed. 7 The LORD revealed his faithful acts to Moses, his deeds to the Israelites. 8 The LORD is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.
• Ps 136:10-22 : 10 to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures, 11 and led Israel out from their midst, for his loyal love endures, 12 with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures, 13 to the one who divided the Red Sea in two, for his loyal love endures, 14 and led Israel through its midst, for his loyal love endures, 15 and tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his loyal love endures, 16 to the one who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures, 17 to the one who struck down great kings, for his loyal love endures, 18 and killed powerful kings, for his loyal love endures, 19 Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loyal love endures, 20 Og, king of Bashan, for his loyal love endures, 21 and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures, 22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures,
• Ps 145:7 : 7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.
• Rom 9:15-18 : 15 For he says 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 does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy. 17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” 18 So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
• Rom 9:22-23 : 22 But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction? 23 And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–
• Rom 11:22 : 22 Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God– harshness toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
• Rev 15:3-4 : 3 They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:“Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations! 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”