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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 praise the Lord 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• ¹Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
⁴⁸Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord. (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• ¹<<To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.>> I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works. (Psa. 9:1)

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Psa. 103:1• ¹<<A Psalm of David.>> Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. (Psa. 103:1)

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Psa. 138:1• ¹<<A Psalm of David.>> I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. (Psa. 138:1)

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Psa. 22:25• ²⁵My praise shall be of 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 preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
¹⁰I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)

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Psa. 89:5,7• ⁵And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
⁷God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are 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 assembly of the elders. (Psa. 107:32)

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Psa. 108:3• ³I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. (Psa. 108:3)

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

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Psa. 149:1• ¹Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. (Psa. 149:1)

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1 Chron. 29:10‑20• ¹⁰Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
¹¹Thine, O Lord, 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 Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
¹²Both riches and honor 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.
¹⁶O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
¹⁷I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
¹⁸O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever 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, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
²⁰And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, 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 all the congregation of Israel stood.
⁴And he said, Blessed be the Lord 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• ²⁶And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
²⁷Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
²⁸And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord. (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.