I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. (b) O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
(b) Though as yet you deferred to place me in the kingly dignity, yet I will give myself to wisdom and uprightness being a private man.
Verse Psalms 101:2. _I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY_] God's law prescribes a perfect way of life; in this perfect way I have professed to walk, and I must act _wisely_ in order to walk in it. _WHEN WIL...
I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY - In the choice of principles to guide me; in my conduct in my family; in my official relations. This expresses a “desire” to act wisely, and a “purpose” to do it. IN A PE...
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...
PERFECT. blameless. WHEN, &C.: i.e. as king shalt Thou come....
DISCOURSE: 668 A WISE DEPORTMENT DELINEATED Psalms 101:2. _I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart_. EXTENSIVE in...
I WILL BEHAVE, &C.— _I will give instruction on the way of integrity: When will it come unto me? i.e._ "I will compose a _maschil_ to teach the true conduct of life: (O how long will it be ere I have...
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...
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY IN A PERFECT WAY. The history (), by an un...
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...
WHEN WILT THOU COME UNTO ME?] This interjected phrase may refer to David's longing for the presence of God, as symbolised by the ark, in his capital....
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". ...
BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY. — Literally, _I will look to a guileless way._ The root “to look” is that from which _maskîl_ (Psalms 32, title) comes; hence some here see a reference to music, or song. But the...
אַשְׂכִּ֤ילָה ׀ בְּ דֶ֬רֶךְ תָּמִ֗ים מָ֭תַי תָּבֹ֣וא...
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...
_Cry. Fervent petition, though only in the heart, Exodus xiv. 15._...
Who but Jesus could behave himself wisely? Who but the Lamb of God could be said to have a perfect heart? Jesus indeed desired, and had, the constant presence of the Father. But, alas! how little is o...
_THE HALLOWING OF FAMILY LIFE_ ‘When wilt Thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.’ Psalms 101:2 David’s subject in this psalm is the ordering and hallowing of family li...
2_I will behave myself prudently in a perfect way _David here shows that he carefully considered how weighty a charge was laid upon him when he was made king. We know, and it is a truth taught us by e...
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...
I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY IN A PERFECT WAY, e.] So David did before he came to the throne, which made Saul fear him, and the people love him, 1 Samuel 18:14 and so he resolved to do, and did afterwa...
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. Ver. 2. _I will behave myself wisely_] I will begin the intended reforma...
_I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way_ I will manage my affairs with wisdom and integrity; which are the two chief qualifications requisite for all men, and peculiarly necessary in princes, wh...
I will behave myself wisely, walking most circumspectly and carefully, IN A PERFECT WAY, the way of uprightness. O, WHEN WILT THOU COME UNTO ME? He desires the help of the Lord in his difficult office...
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...
I WILL BEHAVE MYSELF WISELY IN A PERFECT WAY; I will manage all my affairs with wisdom and integrity; which are two chief qualifications requisite for all men, MATTHEW 10:16 and most necessary in prin...
Psalms 101:2 wisely H7919 (H8686) perfect H8549 way H1870 come H935 (H8799) walk H1980 (H8691) within...
Psalms 101:2 David's subject in this Psalm is the ordering and hallowing of family life by bringing it under the influences and sanctions of religion. I. That which strikes us first of all in this Ps...
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...
_I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way._ A HOLY AND HOMELY RESOLVE I. What a comprehensive resolution this is! “I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.” 1. With a full knowledge of all...
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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 101:1. This is a royal psalm about the place of the Davidic monarchy in God’s plan for his people. It explains for David and his heirs the ideal kind of ruler they should be...
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 ...
1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 9:4; 1 Samuel 18:14; 1 Samuel 18:15; 1 Samuel
I will — I will manage all my affairs with wisdom and integrity. When — God is often said in scripture to come to men, when he fulfills a promise to them. House — In my court and family, as well as in...