Verse 1
(1) Mercy and judgment—or, as some render, grace and right—are the especially requisite attributes of a good monarch, or of magistrates generally. (See Matthew 23:23, where the failure to practise them is charged on the ruling class in Judæa at that time, though, of course, also required in the conduct of every man; Micah 6:8.) Here, no doubt, as almost all commentators have seen, they are first regarded ideally as attributes of the Divine King.
“And earthly power doth then show likest God’s,When mercy seasons justice.”
Will I sing.—Better, will I play.
On the question of the connection of this verse with the rest of the psalm, see Introduction.
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