Psalms 112

Ver. 1. Praise ye the Lord.] These words are the title to the Psalm, and not part of the Psalm itself, as in the beginning of Ps. exii. xxiii. Bps. Patrick and Lowth. See the note on Ps. cv. 45.

Psalms 112:7

7. The works of his hands &c.] In all God’s dispensations towards his faithful servants, and towards his impenitent adversaries, we admire and adore his “verity” in the performance of his promises to the former, and his “justice” in executing vengeance on the latter. Thus the time of fulfilling his promise to Abraham came not till the iniquity of the Amorites was full. Bp. Horne.

8. He sent redemption unto his people: He means that great deliverance out of Egypt which was a type and pledge of that greater and higher redemption by Christ. Poole.

We ought to join our praises to those which are offered to God in this hymn; we have even more reason than the faithful of old had to confess that the works of the Lord are great and wonderful; that He is merciful, righteous, and full of compassion; that He has remembered his covenant, and sent salvation and redemption to his people. These inestimable blessings should excite us to declare his goodness and marvellous works before men, and particularly in the assembly of the faithful. Ostervald.

Psalm CXII. This Psalm is a kind of commentary upon the last verse of the former Psalm, enumerating