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Psalm 111

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Psalm 11127

111:1Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,

in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

111:2The Lord’s deeds are great,

eagerly awaited1 by all who desire them.

111:3His work is majestic and glorious,2

and his faithfulness endures3 forever.

111:4He does4 amazing things that will be remembered;5

the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

111:5He gives6 food to his faithful followers;7

he always remembers his covenant.8

111:6He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people,

giving them a land that belonged to other nations.9

111:7His acts are characterized by10 faithfulness and justice;

all his precepts are reliable.11

111:8They are forever firm,

and should be faithfully and properly carried out.12

111:9He delivered his people;13

he ordained that his covenant be observed forever.14

His name is holy and awesome.

111:10To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living;15

all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight.16

He will receive praise forever.17

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Footnotes

  1. 27 Psalm 111. The psalmist praises God for his marvelous deeds, especially the way in which he provides for and delivers his people. The psalm is an acrostic. After the introductory call to praise, every poetic line (twenty-two in all) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. 1 Heb “sought out.”
  3. 2 For other uses of the Hebrew phrase וְהָדָר-הוֹד (hod-véhadar, “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27; Job 40:10; Pss 21:5; 96:6; 104:1.
  4. 3 Or “stands.”
  5. 4 Or “did,” if this refers primarily to the events of the exodus and conquest period (see vv. 6, 9).
  6. 5 Heb “a memorial he had made for his amazing deeds.”
  7. 6 Or “gave,” if the events of the exodus and conquest period (see v. 6, 9) are primarily in view.
  8. 7 Heb “those who fear him.”
  9. 8 Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8).
  10. 9 Heb “the strength of his deeds he proclaimed to his people, to give to them an inheritance of nations.”
  11. 10 Heb “the deeds of his hands [are].”
  12. 11 That is, fair and for man’s good.
  13. 12 Heb “done in faithfulness and uprightness.” The passive participle probably has the force of a gerund. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101–150 (), .
  14. 13 Heb “redemption he sent for his people.”
  15. 14 Heb “he commanded forever his covenant.”
  16. 15 Heb “the beginning of wisdom [is] the fear of the Lord.”
  17. 16 Heb “good sense [is] to all who do them.” The third masculine plural pronominal suffix must refer back to the “precepts” mentioned in v. 7. In the translation the referent has been specified for clarity. The phrase שֵׂכֶל טוֹב (shekhel tov) also occurs in Prov 3:4; 13:15 and 2 Chr 30:22.
  18. 17 Heb “his praise stands forever.”

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