Chapter 101

David vows to sing of mercy and justice and to walk with integrity in his house. He will not tolerate evil, slander or pride in his court, and will look for the faithful to serve him.

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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

David was certainly the penman of this psalm, and it has in it the genuine spirit of the man after God’s own heart; it is a solemn vow which he made to God when he took upon him the charge of a family and of the kingdom. Whether it was penned when he entered upon the government, immediately after the death of Saul (as some think), or when he began to reign over all Israel, and brought up the ark t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

Psa 101:1-8. In this Psalm the profession of the principles of his domestic and political government testifies, as well as actions in accordance with it, David’s appreciation of God’s mercy to him, and His judgment on his enemies: and thus he sings or celebrates God’s dealings. 2. He avows his sincere purpose, by God’s aid, to act uprightly (Ge 17:1; Psa 18:30).