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Psalm 111

Psa. 111:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

νPraise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assemblym of the upright, and in the congregation.

Hallelujah.

Psa. 109:30• ³⁰I will give great thanks to Jehovah with my mouth;{HR}Yea, I will praise in the midst of many. (Psa. 109:30)

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Cross References

Ministry on This Verse

1-4: The psalmist by his example incites others to praise God for his glorious,

5-9: and gracious works.

10: The fear of God breeds true wisdom.

A.M. 3468.

B.C. 536.

Praise ye the Lord.

Heb. Hallelujah.

Psa. 106:1,48• ¹Praise ye Jah . Give thanks unto Jehovah,{HR}For [he is] good, for his mercy [is] forever.
⁴⁸Blessed [be] Jehovah God of Israel{HR}From the everlasting and unto the everlasting!{HR}And let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah . (Psa. 106:1,48)

As this is an alphabetical Psalm, every member of each verse beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Hallelujah, which begins with the fifth, must be considered as the title.I will.

Psa. 9:1• ¹To the chief musician upon Muth-labben,{HR}A Psalm of David.{HR}I will praise Jehovah with all my heart,{HR}I will tell all thy marvellous works. (Psa. 9:1)

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Psa. 103:1• ¹Of David.{HR}Bless Jehovah, my soul,{HR}And all within me,{HR}[Bless] his holy name. (Psa. 103:1)

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Psa. 138:1• ¹Of David.{HR}I will thank thee with all my heart;{HR}Before the gods I will sing psalms of thee. (Psa. 138:1)

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Psa. 22:25• ²⁵Of thee [is] my praise in the great congregation;{HR}I will perform my vows before those who fear him. (Psa. 22:25)

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Psa. 35:18• ¹⁸I will praise thee in the great congregation;{HR}Among a strong people I will sing praise unto thee. (Psa. 35:18)

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Psa. 40:9‑10• ⁹I have announced righteousness in the great congregation;{HR}Behold, I will not refrain my lips; O Jehovah, thou hast known.
¹⁰Thy righteousness I hid not in the midst of my heart;{HR}Thy faithfulness and thy salvation I declared;{HR}I concealed not thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)

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Psa. 89:5,7• ⁵And the heavens shall confess thy wonder, O Jehovah,{HR}And thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
⁷God (El) [is] greatly to be feared in the council of the saints{HR}And terrible above all those around him. (Psa. 89:5,7)

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Psa. 107:32• ³²And let them exalt him in the congregation of the people,{HR}And praise him in the session of the elders. (Psa. 107:32)

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Psa. 108:3• ³I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Jehovah,{HR}And I will sing psalms to thee among the Gentiles. (Psa. 108:3)

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Psa. 109:30• ³⁰I will give great thanks to Jehovah with my mouth;{HR}Yea, I will praise in the midst of many. (Psa. 109:30)

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Psa. 149:1• ¹Praise ye Jah;{HR}Sing to Jehovah a new song,{HR}His praise in the congregation of godly ones. (Psa. 149:1)

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1 Chron. 29:10‑20• ¹⁰Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the congregation, and David said, Blessed be thou, Jehovah God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
¹¹Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.
¹²Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
¹³Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name.
¹⁴But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
¹⁵For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
¹⁶{i}Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house to thy holy name, is of thy hand, and is all thine own.{/i}
¹⁷{i}And I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart have I willingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, offer willingly to thee.{/i}
¹⁸O Jehovah God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
¹⁹and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, {i}and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.{/i}
²⁰{i}And David said to all the congregation, Bless now Jehovah your God. And all the congregation blessed Jehovah the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and did homage to Jehovah and the king.{/i} (1 Chron. 29:10‑20)

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2 Chron. 6:3‑4• ³The king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; {i}and the whole congregation of Israel stood{/i}.
⁴And he said, Blessed [be] Jehovah God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled [that] which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, (2 Chron. 6:3‑4)

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2 Chron. 20:26‑28• ²⁶{i}And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah{/i}, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of the same place was called the valley of Berachah unto this day.
²⁷{i}And they returned, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.{/i}
²⁸{i}And they came to Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, to the house of Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 20:26‑28)

• Book 5, Series 1. The Millennium. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• In a vast number of the psalms of this last book, the present intervention of judgment and power is so contemplated that instructions for the trials of the way are less to be looked for. It is the case in this psalm. It raises, anticipatively no doubt, its hallelujah for the works of God. Only this is to be remarked, and so always, that these works of deliverance are always conformable to, and founded on, and make good, the truth of God's character. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 107-113” by J.N. Darby)

• Psalms 111 and 112, are both alphabetical psalms. The twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet mark, in regular order, the beginning of the clauses. (“Psalm 111” by H. Smith)

• Psalms 111 is the first of a group of three psalms each beginning with a Hallelujah, or “Praise ye the Lord.” The first celebrates Jehovah’s works and ways; the second celebrates the blessing of His people; the third the glory of His Name. (“Psalm 111” by H. Smith)

• Psa. 110, presents Christ in exaltation, as a priest after the order of Melchizedek. Psa. 111 opens with presenting Christ exercising this priesthood and leading the praise to God in the midst of the congregation of His people. When He leads the praise it will be whole-hearted. (“Psalm 111” by H. Smith)

• With the Millennium having now begun, Psalm 111 echoes a Hallelujah for the “works” (mentioned many times) of Jehovah through which His providential power has been exercised in the accomplishment of all the promises of His covenant to restore Israel. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

gHallelujah! I will celebrate Jehovah with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the assembly.

JND Translation Notes

An acrostic Psalm. The initial letter of each section of the verse follows the alphabetical order.

W. Kelly Translation

Praisea ye Jah.{HR}I will give thanks to Jehovah with a whole heart{HR}In the council of the upright and the congregation.

WK Translation Notes

Psa. 111 – 113 are plainly a trilogy in suited succession, following up that which set out the exaltation of Messiah on high and the coming day of His power out of Zion. The first two of the three are acrostics, but all are the praises of Jah (Hallelu-Jah) for the deliverance of His people by Messiah.