seekeroftruth
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Psalm 111[a]
1 Praise the Lord.(b)
I will extol the Lord with all my heart
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
2 Great are the works of the Lord;
they are pondered by all who delight in them.
3 Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and his righteousness endures forever.
4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and compassionate.
5 He provides food for those who fear him;
he remembers his covenant forever.
they are pondered by all who delight in them.
3 Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and his righteousness endures forever.
4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and compassionate.
5 He provides food for those who fear him;
he remembers his covenant forever.
6 He has shown his people the power of his works,
giving them the lands of other nations.
7 The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.
8 They are established for ever and ever,
enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
9 He provided redemption for his people;
he ordained his covenant forever—
holy and awesome is his name.
giving them the lands of other nations.
7 The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.
8 They are established for ever and ever,
enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
9 He provided redemption for his people;
he ordained his covenant forever—
holy and awesome is his name.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.
a. Psalm 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
b. Psalm 111:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
Well.... the easy English site has this.
We do not know who wrote Psalm 111. We call him the psalmist. It is one of the acrostic psalms. That means that the first sentence begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The second sentence begins with the second letter, and so on. Hebrew was the language that the psalmist spoke. The acrostic does not start with "Hallelujah", but with "I will say 'thanks' to the *LORD with all my heart". This Easy English translation of Psalm 111 does not make an acrostic.
Maybe the psalmist wrote Psalm 111 after the exile. The exile was when the Jews were in Babylon. This was from 606 B.C. to 536 B.C. B.C. means "years Before Christ came to the earth". When they came back to their own country, they made the Book of Psalms. They used it in the temple in Jerusalem. They built the temple again after the Babylonians destroyed it.
In verse 1, "Hallelujah" is a Hebrew word. It means "say that the LORD is very great". Many people do not translate it, but use the Hebrew word. The LORD is the covenant name of God. When two people (or groups of people) agree we call it a covenant (or an agreement). In this covenant:
· God agrees to love his people and give them help; if
· God’s people are his servants and love and obey him.
It amazes me how the study in Psalms seems to back up the commentary in Job..... The people in the Old Testament had an agreement with God. Here's a thought..... suppose a tornado was brewing today..... we have television, radio, and smart phones..... an alarm would go off.... we've studied tornadoes.... we know to seek shelter in a low place...... BUT..... people back in the days when this was written.... still thought the world was flat and if bad weather whipped up suddenly.... God was supposed to take care of them. That's all they had.... the covenant with God and death.
Hallelujah.... we have Jesus and eternal life.
