Mazmur 111:1-3

Psalm 111 ¹ 

111:1 Praise the Lord!

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,

in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.

111:2 The Lord’s deeds are great,

eagerly awaited ²  by all who desire them.

111:3 His work is majestic and glorious, ³ 

and his faithfulness endures ⁴  forever.

[111:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 111. The psalmist praises God for his marvelous deeds, especially the way in which he provides for and delivers his people. The psalm is an acrostic. After the introductory call to praise, every poetic line (twenty-two in all) begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

[111:2]  ² tn Heb “sought out.”

[111:3]  ³ tn For other uses of the Hebrew phrase וְהָדָר-הוֹד (hod-vÿhadar, “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27; Job 40:10; Pss 21:5; 96:6; 104:1.

[111:3]  ⁴ tn Or “stands.”