시편 Chapter 111

Translation: ESV

1

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.

Key Message

Individual thanksgiving is completed within communal worship; the assembly of the upright is the place of true worship.

▸Psalm 111 is an acrostic psalm in which each verse begins with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Psalm 111 is an acrostic psalm in which each verse begins with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The communal thanksgiving given 'in the company of the upright' is emphasized. Individual thanksgiving takes place within communal worship.

Related Verses

not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
2

Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them.

Key Message

One who truly loves God is one who deeply studies and explores his acts.

▸'Studying' God's works means the faith-driven scholarship of knowing God through intellectual inquiry.

10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Key Message

True wisdom begins with the fear of the LORD; a life of keeping God's commandments is a wise life.

▸The declaration that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom is, along with Proverbs 1:7 and 9:10, the core proposition of Old Testament wisdom literature.