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Psalm 112

Psa. 112:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Praise
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
δye the Lord
Yahh (Hebrew #3050)
Jah, the sacred name
KJV usage: Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "- jah."
Pronounce: yaw
Origin: contraction for 3068, and meaning the same
. Blessed
'esher (Hebrew #835)
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
KJV usage: blessed, happy.
Pronounce: eh'-sher
Origin: from 833
is the man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
that feareth
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, that delighteth
chaphets (Hebrew #2654)
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV usage: X any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: a primitive root
f greatly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
in his commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
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Hallelujah.
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Psa. 1:1‑3• 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;
 2But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
 3And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth. (Psa. 1:1‑3)
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Psa. 119:16• 16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word. (Psa. 119:16)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  Godliness has the promises of this life,
4-9:  and of the life to come.
10:  The prosperity of the godly shall be an eyesore to the wicked.
Praise ye the Lord.
Heb. Hallelujah.
Psa. 111:1• 1Hallelujah! I will celebrate Jehovah with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the assembly. (Psa. 111:1)
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Psa. 147:1• 1Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely. (Psa. 147:1)
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Psa. 148:11‑14• 11Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth;
 12Both young men and maidens, old men with youths,--
 13Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens.
 14And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah! (Psa. 148:11‑14)
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Psa. 150:1• 1Hallelujah! Praise *God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power. (Psa. 150:1)
This is another of the alphabetical Psalms, being formed exactly as the preceding in the division of its verses; and, like it, was probably composed for the use of the Jews, after their return from captivity.Blessed.
Psa. 111:10• 10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever. (Psa. 111:10)
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Psa. 115:7‑13• 7They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.
 8They that make them are like unto them,--every one that confideth in them.
 9O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
 10House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
 11Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.
 12Jehovah hath been mindful of us: he will bless, he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
 13He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great. (Psa. 115:7‑13)
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Psa. 128:1• 1A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways. (Psa. 128:1)
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Psa. 145:19• 19He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and saveth them. (Psa. 145:19)
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Isa. 50:10• 10Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light,--let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God. (Isa. 50:10)
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Luke 1:50• 50and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him. (Luke 1:50)
delighteth.
Psa. 1:1‑2• 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;
 2But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (Psa. 1:1‑2)
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Psa. 40:8• 8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)
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Psa. 119:16,35,47‑48,70‑72,97,143• 16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
 35Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
 48And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
 70Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.
 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
 72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
 97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
 143Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights. (Psa. 119:16,35,47‑48,70‑72,97,143)
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Rom. 7:22• 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man: (Rom. 7:22)
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Rom. 8:6• 6For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit life and peace. (Rom. 8:6)
• Book 5, Series 1. The Millennium. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• The wisdom of acting in obedience through the path of trial is specially insisted on in these psalms. Much was there (there always is) to say that faithfulness was folly and ruin. God warns them, and in that is the path of wisdom. It lasts in its effects when the wicked disappear. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 107-113” by J.N. Darby)
• (vs. 1) The last psalm closed with the assertion that “the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.” This psalm opens with praise to the Lord because of His blessings bestowed on the man who fears the Lord. This is not a legal fear that dreads the Judge, but the reverent fear of a man who delights to do the will of the One he fears. (“Psalms 112” by H. Smith)
• PSALM 112 is a Hallelujah for the extent of the blessing that belongs to them who fear the Lord. Israel rejoices in their security in the Lord. No nation from this time forward will be allowed to trouble Israel again (Nahum 1:15, Ps. 147:14, Isa. 60:18, Isa. 2:4,1 Ki. 5:4). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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dHallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

JND Translation Notes

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An acrostic Psalm like the preceding.