> [[psalm-110|← Previous]] | [[psalm-00|TOC]] | [[psalm-112|Next →]] --- # Psalm 111 ## Praise of God for Goodness to Israel 1 Hallelujah! I will praise the LORD with all my heart in the assembled congregation of the upright. 2 Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. 3 Majestic and glorious is his work, his righteousness endures forever. 4 He won renown for his wondrous deeds; gracious and merciful is the LORD. 5 He gives food to those who fear him, he remembers his covenant forever. 6 He showed his powerful deeds to his people, giving them the inheritance of the nations. 7 The works of his hands are true and just, reliable all his decrees, 8 Established forever and ever, to be observed with truth and equity. 9 He sent release to his people, decreed his covenant forever; holy and fearsome is his name. 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who practice it. His praise endures forever. \* (Psalm 111) A Temple singer ([Ps 111:1]) tells how God is revealed in Israel’s history ([Ps 111:2] – [10]). The deeds reveal God’s very self, powerful, merciful, faithful. The poem is an acrostic, each verse beginning with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. \* (111:1) In the assembled congregation of the upright: in the Temple, cf. [Ps 149:1]. \* (111:5) Food to those who fear him: probably a reference to the manna in the desert, which elsewhere is seen as a type of the Eucharist, cf. [[john-06|Jn 6]]:31] – [33], [49] – [51]. \* (111:10) The fear of the LORD: reverence for God. a. (111:1) [Ps 138:1]. b. (111:4) [Ps 103:8]; [112:4]. c. (111:10) [Prv 1:7]; [9:10]; [Sir 1:16]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[psalm-110|← Previous]] | [[psalm-00|TOC]] | [[psalm-112|Next →]]