Psalms · 10 verses
Psalms 111
Every verse links to the people and places named in it, and to the passages readers connect it with.
The chapter
What happens here
Atlas's own reading, written from this chapter and nothing else, and published only once a person has approved it. Each scene names the verses it covers; the names inside it link to the people and places they name.
The LORD’s everlasting covenant arrives alongside the quite immediate matter of food: the hymn’s grandest theology keeps a place at the table.
A hymn among the uprightvv. 1–4
The speaker gives thanks with the whole heart, not in a corner but in the council of the upright and the assembly. The LORD’s works are great, splendid, and majestic, and those who delight in them ponder them. His righteousness does not expire; His wonders are made memorable, while graciousness and compassion stand beside the grandeur.
Food, inheritance, and a covenant that will not budgevv. 5–9
Then the hymn stoops — pleasingly — to the provision of food for those who fear the LORD. The same LORD remembers His covenant forever, shows His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations, and makes the character of those works plain: truth, justice, and trustworthy precepts. They stand upheld forever and ever, and redemption has been sent to His people; the covenant is ordained forever, and the name is holy and awesome.
Where wisdom beginsv. 10
The final verse gathers the hymn into wisdom: the fear of the LORD is its beginning, and following His precepts brings rich understanding. The praise, like the righteousness and covenant before it, endures forever — a remarkably durable conclusion for ten short verses.
The text
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Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Names the Hebrew and Greek put in the verse link to the person, place or people they name; the address beside each verse is a link to that verse, which is what a reader copies and shares.
Ps 111:1Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
Ps 111:2Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Ps 111:3Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.
Ps 111:4He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
Ps 111:5He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
Ps 111:6He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
Ps 111:7The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
Ps 111:8They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.
Ps 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
Ps 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
02 — Read alongside
Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 171 passages were voted onto 10 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 10Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- 10Proverbs 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- 10Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- 10Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
- 2Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
- 1Psalms 138:1Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
- 2Proverbs 24:14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
- 7Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
- 1Psalms 149:1Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise in the assembly of the godly.
- 6Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- 9Psalms 99:3Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy!
- 10Deuteronomy 4:6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
- 1Psalms 109:30With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
- 1Psalms 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- 6Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
- 9Luke 1:49For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
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