[1] It is attributed to David, and provides warnings for the wicked, while explaining the benefits the righteous will reap.
[2] The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.
[5] Since the Middle Ages, this psalm was traditionally performed at the office of matins the Friday,[7] according to the Rule of St. Benedict established in 530.
In the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, and in liturgies derived from them, Psalm 101 is traditionally said or sung at Evensong on the 19th day of each month.
Heinrich Schütz set Psalm 101 in a metred paraphrase in German, "Von Gnad und Recht soll singen", SWV 199, for the Becker Psalter, published first in 1628.