I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
David here sets down what kind of king he means to be once God plants him on the throne. To sing of mercy and judgment is to declare solemnly that he will rule with both justice and compassion, not as a tyrant or a fool. This psalm is his meditation and his vow.
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Commenting on Psalm 101:1-8
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land. At the very outset of his government he would promptly deal out justice to the worthless, he would leave them no rest, but make them leave their wickedness or feel the lash of the law.
That I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. As the kingdom of David was only a faint image of the kingdom of Christ, we ought to set Christ before our view; who, although he may bear with many hypocrites, yet as he will be the judge of the world, will at length call them all to on account, and...