Psalms 111 and 112 are connected in their subject matter and vocabulary. “Both are acrostic containing twenty-two lines, each succeeding line beginning with the following letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 111 describes God as reflected in His works, and Psalm 112 the man who fears God and properly responds to Him. Some of the phraseology used in Psalm 111 to describe God is repeated in Psalm 112 to describe the God-fearing man” Miller, 370. “Psalm 111 focuses primarily on God’s work, Psalm 112 focuses on human response and consists of a description of the happiness of those who fear the Lord” McCann, 1133. “Each half line or verset begins with a different letter of the alphabet in sequence. Most of the lines begin with either a noun or an adjective exhibiting the appropriate alphabetic character in the initial letter.” There are eight (8) acrostic Psalms in the Psalms- Alter, 399.
111:1 Praise the LORD!!- 112:1; 113:1 will begin the same way. Only Ps. 111 and 112 begin with Praise the LORD but do not end with it- VanGemeren, 702. “The initial Hallelujah stands outside this acrostic schemes” Laymen’s, 681. The Psalm begins and ends with praise .
111:2 “This verse was well-chosen to grace the entrance of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, the scene of some fundamental physical discoveries. But while this verse is God’s charter for the scientist and artist, verse 10 must be it partner, lest ‘professing to be wise’ we become fools, like the men of Romans 1:18-23” Kidner, 397.
111:3 Splendid and majestic is His work- Ps. 21:5; Job 40:10 work is singular.
And His righteousness endures forever- “The next psalm boldly reproduces part of this verse and of the next two in its portrait of a godly man (see on 112:3, 9)
111:4 The LORD is gracious and compassionate- Exodus 34:6-7; Num. 14:18; Ps. 86:5, 15; 103:8; 145:8
111:5 He has given food to those who fear Him- Ps. 132:15; 136:25; 145:15; 146:7; Matt. 6:31-33.
111:6 In giving them the heritage of the nations- This seems like a specific reference to God giving Israel the land of Canaan.
111:7 The ‘precepts’ also reveal the nature of the covenant God. The word of God was not a burden. It was to give order to God’s people, that they might reflect the nature of their King in their national existence” VanGemeren, 704.
111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom- Prov. 1:7; 9:10; Ecc. 12:13; Job 28:28. “True reverence is in fact the starting point for an ability to cope with life’s meaning and problems” Laymen’s, 681.
Psalms 111 and 112 are connected in their subject matter and vocabulary. “Both are acrostic containing twenty-two lines, each succeeding line beginning with the following letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 111 describes God as reflected in His works, and Psalm 112 the man who fears God and properly responds to Him. Some of the phraseology used in Psalm 111 to describe God is repeated in Psalm 112 to describe the God-fearing man” Miller, 370. “Psalm 111 focuses primarily on God’s work, Psalm 112 focuses on human response and consists of a description of the happiness of those who fear the Lord” McCann, 1133. “Each half line or verset begins with a different letter of the alphabet in sequence. Most of the lines begin with either a noun or an adjective exhibiting the appropriate alphabetic character in the initial letter.” There are eight (8) acrostic Psalms in the Psalms- Alter, 399.
111:1 Praise the LORD!!- 112:1; 113:1 will begin the same way. Only Ps. 111 and 112 begin with Praise the LORD but do not end with it- VanGemeren, 702. “The initial Hallelujah stands outside this acrostic schemes” Laymen’s, 681. The Psalm begins and ends with praise .
111:2 “This verse was well-chosen to grace the entrance of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, the scene of some fundamental physical discoveries. But while this verse is God’s charter for the scientist and artist, verse 10 must be it partner, lest ‘professing to be wise’ we become fools, like the men of Romans 1:18-23” Kidner, 397.
111:3 Splendid and majestic is His work- Ps. 21:5; Job 40:10 work is singular.
And His righteousness endures forever- “The next psalm boldly reproduces part of this verse and of the next two in its portrait of a godly man (see on 112:3, 9)
111:4 The LORD is gracious and compassionate- Exodus 34:6-7; Num. 14:18; Ps. 86:5, 15; 103:8; 145:8
111:5 He has given food to those who fear Him- Ps. 132:15; 136:25; 145:15; 146:7; Matt. 6:31-33.
111:6 In giving them the heritage of the nations- This seems like a specific reference to God giving Israel the land of Canaan.
111:7 The ‘precepts’ also reveal the nature of the covenant God. The word of God was not a burden. It was to give order to God’s people, that they might reflect the nature of their King in their national existence” VanGemeren, 704.
111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom- Prov. 1:7; 9:10; Ecc. 12:13; Job 28:28. “True reverence is in fact the starting point for an ability to cope with life’s meaning and problems” Laymen’s, 681.