Psalms 101 (GNV)

Chapter Text

101:1 A Psalme of David. I will sing mercie and iudgement: vnto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

101:2 I will doe wisely in the perfite way, till thou commest to me: I will walke in the vprightnes of mine heart in the middes of mine house.

101:3 I wil set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the worke of them that fall away: it shall not cleaue vnto me.

101:4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will knowe none euill.

101:5 Him that priuily slandereth his neighbour, wil I destroy: him that hath a proude looke and hie heart, I cannot suffer.

101:6 Mine eyes shalbe vnto the faithfull of the lande, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfite way, he shall serue me.

101:7 There shall no deceitful person dwell within mine house: he that telleth lyes, shall not remaine in my sight.

101:8 Betimes will I destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "psalme", "david", "sing", "mercie", "iudgement", "vnto", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "psalme", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "faith" and "psalme" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "psalme" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.