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PSALM 111

1. I will praise jehovah with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
2. Great are the works of jehovah; sought out by all who take delight therein.
3. His work is honourable and glorious; and his justice endures for ever.
4. He has made his wonderful works to be remembered; jehovah is gracious and full of compassion.
5. He has given food to them that fear him; he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
6. He has showed his people the power of his works, that he flight give them the heritage of the nations.
7. The works of his hands are truth and judgement; all his Commandments are sure.
8. Secure for ever, to eternity; they are made in truth and rectitude.
9. He has sent forth redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his name!
10. The fear of jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do them; his praise endures for ever.

Verse 4. He has made his wonderful works to be remembered, etc. That to remember, when concerning the lord, denotes to have compassion, and thus to preserve or deliver from a principle of mercy, is manifest from this and several other passages where the Divine remembrance is spoken of. AC 9849.

Verse 9. He has sent forth redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant for ever, etc. Denoting regeneration; it is called covenant, because it is given and received; but they who are not regenerated, or what is the same thing, who place worship in things external, and themselves, and what they desire and think, estimate and worship them as gods, these, inasmuch as they separate themselves from the lord, are said to render his covenant of none effect. AC 666.

From these words it may be manifest what is signified by the lord redeeming the human race, namely that he delivered them from hell, and from the evil and false principles which continually rise up from there, and bring man into damnation, and that he continually delivers him. AE 325.

Verse 10. The fear of jehovah is the beginning of wisdom. Inasmuch as fear has respect to Divine truth From which holiness in worship is derived, and from which are wisdom and intelligence, therefore it is said, the fear of jehovah is the beginning of wisdom, a good understanding, that is, intelligence have all those who do them. AE 696.