What a great way to begin a new year, with God, reading His word.
Many blessings to you, in the new year, dear friends,
Lili
Psalm 111
1Praise the LORD! I will thank the LORD with all my heart as I meet with his godly people.2How amazing are the deeds of the LORD! All who delight in him should ponder them.3Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty. His righteousness never fails.4Who can forget the wonders he performs? How gracious and merciful is our LORD!5He gives food to those who trust him; he always remembers his covenant.6He has shown his great power to his people by giving them the lands of other nations.7All he does is just and good, and all his commandments are trustworthy.8They are forever true, to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity.9He has paid a full ransom for his people. He has guaranteed his covenant with them forever. What a holy, awe-inspiring name he has!10Reverence for the LORD is the foundation of true wisdom. The rewards of wisdom come to all who obey him. Praise his name forever!
(the following is from Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary -- www.christnotes.org)
"Chapter Contents
The Lord is to be praised for his works.
The psalmist resolves to praise God himself. Our exhortations and our examples should agree together. He recommends the works of the Lord, as the proper subject, when we are praising him; and the dealings of his providence toward the world, the church, and particular persons. All the works of the Lord are spoken of as one, it is his work; so admirably do all the dispensations of his providence centre in one design. The works of God, humbly and diligently sought into, shall all be found just and holy. God's pardoning sin is the most wonderful of all his works, and ought to be remembered to his glory. He will ever be mindful of his covenant; he has ever been so, and he ever will be so. His works of providence were done according to the truth of the Divine promises and prophecies, and so were verity, or truth; and by him who has a right to dispose of the earth as he pleases, and so are judgment, or righteous: and this holds good of the work of grace upon the heart of man, verses 7,8. All God's commandments are sure; all have been fulfilled by Christ, and remain with him for a rule of walk and conversation to us. He sent redemption unto his people, out of Egypt at first, and often afterwards; and these were typical of the great redemption, which in the fulness of time was to be wrought out by the Lord Jesus. Here his everlasting righteousness shines forth in union with his boundless mercy. No man is wise who does not fear the Lord; no man acts wisely except as influenced by that fear. This fear will lead to repentance, to faith in Christ, to watchfulness and obedience. Such persons are of a good understanding, however poor, unlearned, or despised."
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