Psalm 111

Psa 111:1

See Lesson, Acrostics.

See Lesson, Psalms, "Hallelujah".

COUNCIL... ASSEMBLY: Passover terms: "Council" = "cowd" (assembly in AV) = the smaller, family-type unit gathered around one lamb. "Assembly" = "edah" (congregation in AV) = the whole nation of Israel assembled.

Psa 111:2

THE WORKS OF THE LORD: The plagues upon Egypt.

PONDERED: "Studied" (RSV). Impl painstaking attention to all the details of the Exodus story; the "Haggadah", or "setting forth": Exo 12:26-28; Rom 3:25; 1Co 11:26.

Psa 111:4

HE HAS CAUSED HIS WONDERS TO BE REMEMBERED: As a memorial to all generation: cp Exo 13:9,10.

THE LORD IS GRACIOUS AND COMPASSIONATE: "And God heard their groaning..." (Exo 2:24,25; cp Exo 34:6,7).

Psa 111:5

FOOD: The passover meal or, possibly, the manna in the wilderness (Exo 16; Num 11).

HE REMEMBERS HIS COVENANT FOREVER: "This day shall be unto you for a memorial... throughout your generations... forever" (Exo 12:14).

Psa 111:6

THE LANDS OF OTHER NATIONS: The land of the Canaanites, promised to Abraham and to Israel (Gen 15:14-21).

Psa 111:9

REDEMPTION: Esp appropriate for Passover: Exo 8:23; 13:13; Deu 7:8; 13:5.

Psa 111:10

THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM: Job 28:28; Pro 1:7; 9:10; 15:33; Ecc 12:13. Cp "BEGINNING of months" (Exo 12:2), for Passover.