Psalm 111:1-3

Great Are the Lord’s Works

1 ^{[a] 1}Praise the Lord! I ²will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of ³the upright, in the congregation.

2 Great are the ⁴works of the Lord, ⁵studied by all who delight in them.

3 ⁶Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his ⁷righteousness endures forever.

Psalm 111:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 111

This psalm, though without a name, is thought to be penned by David; it is composed in an artificial manner, in an alphabetical order, each clause or sentence beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in course, till the whole is finished; this perhaps was done to recommend the psalm, to make it more observed, and to help the memory; the general design of it is to excite to praise the Lord, from the consideration of his great and wonderful works.

Cross References

• 1. 111:1 See Ps. 104:35
• 2. 111:1 Ps. 138:1
• 3. 111:1 [Ps. 149:1]
• 4. 111:2 Ps. 92:5; Rev. 3:2; [Ps. 139:14]
• 5. 111:2 Ps. 119:45, 94, 155; [Ps. 112:1; 143:5]
• 6. 111:3 Ps. 145:5
• 7. 111:3 Ps. 112:3, 9

Footnotes

• [a] 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet