Verse Psalms 101:6. _MINE EYES_] My approbation. _UPON THE FAITHFUL_] The humble, upright followers of God. _THAT THEY MAY DWELL WITH ME_] Be my confidants and privy counsellors. No irreligious or...
MINE EYES SHALL BE UPON THE FAITHFUL OF THE LAND ... - I will look to them to be employed in my house, and in my service. The word rendered “faithful” means those who are worthy of belief or confidenc...
PSALM 101-106 Psalms 101 The Righteous King Speaketh _ 1. The character of the King (Psalms 101:1)_ 2. His righteous demands of His subjects (Psalms 101:4) A Psalm of David. He speaks as kin
CI. THE IDEAL RULER. The main purport is clear. The ideal ruler is faithful to the high standard which he sets before himself (Psalms 101:2_ b_ - Psalms 101:4). He requires (Psalms 101:5) the same str...
THE LAND: i.e. Palestine, as in Psalms 100:1....
MINE EYES SHALL BE UPON THE FAITHFUL— In the third verse he resolved, that _he would set no wicked thing before his eyes:_ Here he informs us what he would particularly set his eyes on, and who the pe...
PSALMS 101 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A King's Resolve to have a pure House and Court and Royal City. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 101:1-2 a, The Theme of Song Announced and Applied to the Conduct becoming, a...
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. -How the king will act in his public capacity. He will not endure slander...
This Ps. is the prayer of a ruler, apparently of a king. Many scholars believe that the title which ascribes its authorship to David is correct, and connect it with David's desire to have the ark brou...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE KING’S SONG PSALMS 101 Jesus said, "First look for the place where God is king. Do the good things that he does". ...
עֵינַ֤י ׀ בְּ נֶֽאֶמְנֵי ־אֶרֶץ֮ לָ שֶׁ֪בֶת ע
Psalms 101:1 THE contents of this psalm go far towards confirming the correctness of the superscription in ascribing it to David, as Ewald acknowledges. To call it an ideal description of a Jewish kin...
MY RIGHTEOUS PURPOSE Psalms 101:1 This psalm, as the title indicates, was composed by David, probably at the commencement of his reign. It contains a number of resolutions upon which he was prepared...
A fine sense of the fitness of things is exhibited by the editor of the psalter in placing this psalm here. Following immediately upon the songs of the enthroned Jehovah, in which there has been perpe...
Mine eyes [shall be] upon the (e) faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. (e) He shows what the true use of the sword is, to punish the...
_Flesh, or "skin." (St. Jerome) --- The necessary moisture is consumed. (Eusebius) (Worthington)_...
Reader, pause over these verses. Behold in one, what endearing doctrine it contains! Behold in the other, the solemn denunciations. Like the pillar of a cloud, in the wilderness, the aspect of glory a...
6_My eyes are towards the faithful of the land _David here lays down another virtue of a wise prince, when he affirms that it will be his care to make all _the faithful of the land _his intimate frien...
Psalms 101 states the principles on which the King will govern His house and the land when He takes the kingdom in the name of Jehovah. Psalms 93 is the thesis, Jehovah reigns: the rage of men, the su...
MINE EYES SHALL BE UPON THE FAITHFUL OF THE LAND,.... To look them out, bring them to court, and promote them to places of honour and trust; such an one was David himself, and such there were in the l...
Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. Ver. 6. _Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land_] _i.e....
_Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour_ Such as by secret and false informations, and accusations of others, seek to gain my favour, and to advance themselves by the ruin of others; _him will I cut o...
THE PRINCIPLES OF RIGHT GOVERNMENT. A psalm of David, in which he set forth the guiding rules of his life, especially those of his reign, showing, at the same time, his appreciation of God's mercy to...
Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, observing the trustworthy and making them his advisers, THAT THEY MAY DWELL WITH ME; HE THAT WALKETH IN A PERFECT WAY, on the way of uprightness, HE S...
IN A PERFECT WAY: Or, perfect in the way...
MINE EYES SHALL BE UPON THE FAITHFUL; either, 1. To find them out. Or, 2. To favour or encourage them, as this phrase is oft used, as PSALMS 34:15 JEREMIAH 39:12, JEREMIAH 40:4. _The faithful_; men o...
Psalms 101:6 eyes H5869 faithful H539 (H8737) land H776 dwell H3427 (H8800) walks H1980 (H8802) perfect...
Psalms 101:1. The last Psalm was a Hymn of Thanksgiving, this one is a Psalm of Thanksgiving. I suppose it to have been written by David just when he assumed the throne, when he was about to become ki...
CONTENTS: David's vow to God when he took upon him the charge of the kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer should resolve to walk by the rules of Christian prudence and in the wa...
TITLE. _A psalm of David._ All the Versions agree with the Hebrew in this title. Psalms 101:3. _I hate the work of them that turn aside;_ a Hebrew phrase for apostasy to idolatry. Instead of going up...
_Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me._ THE KING AND HIS COURT I. Who are these faithful men to whom Jesus, our King, will have respect at all times? 1. They...
I will sing of mercy and judgment. ONE MAN IN TWO CHARACTERS This psalm depicts one man in two characters, one comparatively good, the other comparatively evil. Such a man is a fair type of the race...
INTRODUCTION According to the superscription, this Psalm was composed by David. Three different times in his life have been suggested as the occasion to which the Psalm refers. First, when, upon the d...
EXPOSITION Tins psalm describes the rightful conduct and proper principles of action of an Israelite king. It is regarded by some as a portrait of an ideal ruler, dramatically put into his mouth; by o...
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Psalms 101:1-8; Psalms 101:1-8 is a psalm of David, and David declares in the first verse, I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing ...
John 12:26; John 14:3; John 17:24; Luke 12:43; Luke 12:44;...