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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Psalms 111"
description: "PSALM 111   :-. The Psalmist celebrates God"
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PSALM 111

. The Psalmist celebrates God's gracious dealings with
His people, of which a summary statement is given.

**1. Praise ye the Lord**—or,
*Hallelujah* ([Psalms 104:35](../../../kjv/psalms/104/35)).
This seems to serve as a title to those of the later Psalms, which,
like this, set forth God's gracious government and its blessed
fruits. This praise claims the
**whole heart**— ([Psalms 104:35](../../../kjv/psalms/104/35)), and is rendered publicly.
**upright**—a title of the
true Israel ([Psalms 32:11](../../../kjv/psalms/32/11)).

**2.** His *works,* that is, of
providence and grace are
**sought**—or, carefully
studied, by all desiring to know them.

**3, 4. honourable and
glorious**—literally, "honor and majesty," which
illustrate His glorious perfections.
**righteousness**— ([Psalms 7:17](../../../kjv/psalms/7/17);
[Psalms 31:1](../../../kjv/psalms/31/1)), which He has made
memorable by wonders of love and mercy, in supplying the wants of His
people according to covenant engagements.

**6-8.** His power was shown
especially in giving them the promised land, and His faithfulness and
justice thus displayed are, like His precepts, reliable and of
permanent obligation.

**9.** The deliverance He provided
accorded to His established covenant. Thus He manifested Himself in
the sum of His perfections ([Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1);
[Psalms 20:7](../../../kjv/psalms/20/7); [Psalms 22:3](../../../kjv/psalms/22/3))
worthy of reverence.

**10.** And hence love and fear of
such a God is the chief element of true wisdom (compare [Proverbs 1:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/7);
[Proverbs 9:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/9/10)).

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