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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 greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. (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• ¹Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever.
⁴⁸Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! 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 Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works. (Psa. 9:1)

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Psa. 103:1• ¹A Psalm of David. Bless Jehovah, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name! (Psa. 103:1)

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Psa. 138:1• ¹A Psalm of David. I will give thee thanks with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing psalms of thee. (Psa. 138:1)

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Psa. 22:25• ²⁵My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him. (Psa. 22:25)

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Psa. 35:18• ¹⁸I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people. (Psa. 35:18)

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Psa. 40:9‑10• ⁹I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.
¹⁰I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)

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Psa. 89:5,7• ⁵And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
⁷*God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and terrible for all that are round about him. (Psa. 89:5,7)

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Psa. 107:32• ³²Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, 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; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations: (Psa. 108:3)

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Psa. 109:30• ³⁰I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. (Psa. 109:30)

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Psa. 149:1• ¹Hallelujah! Sing unto Jehovah a new song; sing his praise in the congregation of the godly. (Psa. 149:1)

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1 Chron. 29:10‑20• ¹⁰And David blessed Jehovah in the sight of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, Jehovah, the God of our father Israel, for ever and ever.
¹¹Thine, Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the splendour, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is thine: thine, Jehovah, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as Head above all;
¹²and riches and glory are of thee, and thou rulest over everything; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make all great and strong.
¹³And now, 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 willingly after this manner? for all is of thee, and of that which is from thy hand have we given thee.
¹⁵For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope of life.
¹⁶Jehovah 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.
¹⁷And 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.
¹⁸Jehovah, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and direct their hearts to thee!
¹⁹And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
²⁰And 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. (1 Chron. 29:10‑20)

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2 Chron. 6:3‑4• ³And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and the whole congregation of Israel stood.
⁴And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying, (2 Chron. 6:3‑4)

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2 Chron. 20:26‑28• ²⁶And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah, for there they blessed Jehovah; therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Berachah, to this day.
²⁷And 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.
²⁸And they came to Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, to the house of Jehovah. (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. (“Psalms 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. (“Psalms 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. (“Psalms 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.