Footnotes

1. Psalm 111:1 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.
2. Psalm 111:2 tn Heb “sought out.”
3. Psalm 111:3 tn For other uses of the Hebrew phrase וְהָדָרהוֹד (hod v^ehadar, “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27; Job 40:10; Pss 21:5; 96:6; 104:1.
4. Psalm 111:3 tn Or “stands.”
5. Psalm 111:4 tn Or “did,” if this refers primarily to the events of the exodus and conquest period (see vv. 6, 9).
6. Psalm 111:4 tn Heb “a memorial he had made for his amazing deeds.”
7. Psalm 111:5 tn Or “gave,” if the events of the exodus and conquest period (see v. 6, 9) are primarily in view.
8. Psalm 111:5 tn Heb “those who fear him.”
9. Psalm 111:5 tn Or “he remembers his covenant forever” (see Ps 105:8).
10. Psalm 111:6 tn Heb “the strength of his deeds he proclaimed to his people, to give to them an inheritance of nations.”
11. Psalm 111:7 tn Heb “the deeds of his hands [are].”
12. Psalm 111:7 tn That is, fair and for man’s good.
13. Psalm 111:8 tn Heb “done in faithfulness and uprightness.” The passive participle probably has the force of a gerund. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 89.
14. Psalm 111:9 tn Heb “redemption he sent for his people.”
15. Psalm 111:9 tn Heb “he commanded forever his covenant.”
16. Psalm 111:10 tn Heb “the beginning of wisdom [is] the fear of the Lord.”
17. Psalm 111:10 tn Heb “good sense [is] to all who do them.” The third masculine plural pronominal suffix must refer back to the “precepts” mentioned in v. 7. In the translation the referent has been specified for clarity. The phrase שֵׂכֶל טוֹב (sekhel tov) also occurs in Prov 3:4; 13:15 and 2 Chr 30:22.
18. Psalm 111:10 tn Heb “his praise stands forever.”