Psalms 101 (LSB)

Chapter Text

101:1 Of David. A Psalm. I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, To You, O Yahweh, I will sing praises.

101:2 I will consider the way of the blameless. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

101:3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

101:4 A crooked heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil.

101:5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure.

101:6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me; He who walks in the way of the blameless is the one who will minister to me.

101:7 He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who speaks lies shall not be established before my eyes.

101:8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Yahweh all the workers of iniquity.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "david", "psalm", "sing", "lovingkindness", "justice", "yahweh", and "praises". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "david", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local LSB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "faith" and "david" 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 "david" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.