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This and divers of the psalms that follow it seem to have been penned by David for the service of the church in their solemn feasts, and not upon any particular occasion. This is a psalm of praise. The title of it is "Hallelujah—Praise you the Lord," intimating that we must address ourselves to the use of this psalm with hearts disposed to praise God. It is composed alphabetically, each sentence beginning with a several letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order exactly, two sentences to each verse, and three a piece to the last two. The psalmist, exhorting to praise God, I. Sets himself for an example, Ps 111:1. II. Furnishes us with matter for praise from the works of God. 1. The greatness of his works and the glory of them. 2. The righteousness of them. 3. The goodness of them. 4. The power of them. 5. The conformity of them to his word of promise. 6. The perpetuity of them. These observations are intermixed, Ps 111:2-9. III. He recommends the holy fear of God, and conscientious obedience to his commands, as the most acceptable way of praising God, Ps 111:10.
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The Excellence of the Divine Works
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神作為的卓越
¹ 你們要讚美耶和華。我要在正直人的大會中，並在會眾裡，一心稱謝耶和華。
² 耶和華的作為本為大，凡喜愛的都必考究。
³ 祂所行的是尊榮可畏；祂的公義存到永遠。
⁴ 祂行了奇事，使人記念；耶和華有恩惠，有憐憫。
⁵ 祂賜糧食給敬畏祂的人；祂必永遠記念祂的約。
本篇的標題是「你們要讚美耶和華」，詩人（正如每一個作者都當如此）緊扣他的標題，不離他的主旨。
一、他決心自己要讚美神，詩111:1。我們召別人去作的本分，自己也當盡、也當激勵自己去盡；不，無論別人如何——他們肯不肯讚美神——我們和我們的家都當決心去作，我們和我們的心都當如此；詩人此處的決心正是這樣：我要一心稱謝耶和華。我的心——我全心——既獻給祂為尊榮，就要用以從事這工；並且在正直人的會中（或作「隱密處」），在以色列人的會眾裡如此行。請注意，我們當在私下也在公眾中讚美神，在較小的、也在較大的聚集中，在我們自己的家中，也在耶和華殿的院宇中；但在兩者之中，與正直人同心合意地讚美最為舒暢，他們必真心加入其中。敬虔的私下聚會，當與更公開、更混雜的集會同樣加以維持。
二、他向我們推薦「耶和華的作為」，作為我們讚美祂時當默想的合適主題——祂對世界、對教會、對個人的護理作為。1. 神的作為極其宏偉，如祂自己一樣大；其中毫無卑賣或瑣碎之處：它們是無限智慧和無限權能的產物。我們當在初步觀看之時、在更詳細查究之前，就如此說：耶和華的作為本為大，詩111:2。其中有令人驚奇、使我們敬畏之處。「耶和華的作為」被作為一體來論述（詩111:3）：祂所行的——護理之美和諧一致，其一切作為都奇妙地歸於一個計畫；當日向輪子呼喊說：輪啊！結10:13。合而觀之，它是尊榮可畏的，與祂相稱。2. 它們對好問的人而言既有娱乐性又有挑戰性——凡喜愛的都必考究。請注意，(1) 凡真心愛神的，都以祂的作為為樂，看祂所行的一切都是好的；他們的心思不住於任何題目，比不住於神的作為更加愉快——神的作為越加察看，越叫我們驚喜。(2) 那些以神的作為為樂的人，不會滿足於膚淺浮面的觀看，而必勤奮查究、留心觀察。在研究自然史和政治史之時，我們當以此為目標——發現神作為的偉大和榮耀。(3) 神的這些作為，凡謙卑勤奮查究的，必被「考究出來」——尋找的必尋見（有人如此譯）；它們被一切喜愛的人所尋見，或在其一切部分、設計、目的和各樣相關之處被尋見（哈蒙德博士如此解），因為「耶和華與敬畏祂的人親密」，詩25:14。3. 它們全然公義聖潔：祂的公義存到永遠。祂所行的，從未、也永不向祂任何受造之物行不義；因此祂的作為永遠長存（傳3:14），因為其中的公義永遠長存。4. 它們令人欽佩、值得記念，理當記錄在案、存為檔案。我們所行的許多事如此瑣碎，不值一提、不值重述；最大的恩慈就是把它忘記。但神的作為當加以留意，當為之作記錄（詩111:4）：祂行了奇事，使人記念——祂行了那值得記念的事，那不能不記念的事，又設立了方法和途徑，使其中一些得以存念不忘，如以色列人出埃及的拯救藉著逾越節存念。祂以奇妙的作為為自己立了記念（有人如此譯）；見賽63:10。「祂榮耀的膀臂」所行的，為自己「建立了永遠的名」。5. 它們極其恩慈。在其中主顯明祂有恩惠，大有憐憫。正如對創造之工，照樣對護理之工，我們都當說：它們不僅都極其偉大，更都極其美好。哈蒙德博士認為這正是神以奇妙作為為自己所立的名——與祂向摩西宣告的相同：耶和華神是有恩惠、有憐憫的，出34:6（和合本譯）。神赦免罪，是祂一切作為中最奇妙的，當為祂的榮耀而記念。祂賜糧食給敬畏祂的人，這是祂恩典和憐憫的進一步證據，詩111:5。祂賜他們日用的飲食、合宜的食物；祂以尋常的護理如此待別人，但對敬畏祂的人，祂卻是照著約、照著應許而賜，因為接著說：祂必永遠記念祂的約；所以他們即使在尋常的憐憫中，也能嘗到約的愛。有人將此應用到神在曠野中餵養以色列百姓的嗎哪上，有人則應用到他們出來時從埃及人所得的掠物——照著應許帶著許多財物出來，創15:14。神「打破了利維坦的頭」之時，便「將他給百姓為食」，詩74:14。祂賜敬畏祂的人得掠物（旁註如此）——不僅餵養他們，更使他們富足，又使他們的仇敵成為他們的掠物。6. 它們是祂將照著應許而行的憑據：祂必永遠記念祂的約，因為祂向來如此；祂從未、也永不讓其中一點一畫落空。神的百姓雖有軟弱，常常忘記祂的誡命，祂卻必永遠記念祂的約。
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The Excellence of the Divine Works
¹ Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
² The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
³ His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
⁴ He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
⁵ He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
The title of the psalm being Hallelujah, the psalmist (as every author ought to have) has an eye to his title, and keeps to his text.
I. He resolves to praise God himself, Ps 111:1. What duty we call others to we must oblige and excite ourselves to; nay, whatever others do, whether they will praise God or no, we and our houses must determine to do it, we and our hearts; for such is the psalmist's resolution here: I will praise the Lord with my whole heart. My heart, my whole heart, being devoted to his honour, shall be employed in this work; and this in the assembly, or secret, of the upright, in the cabinet-council, and in the congregation of Israelites. Note, We must praise God both in private and in public, in less and greater assemblies, in our own families and in the courts of the Lord's house; but in both it is most comfortable to do it in concert with the upright, who will heartily join in it. Private meetings for devotion should be kept up as well as more public and promiscuous assemblies.
II. He recommends to us the works of the Lord as the proper subject of our meditations when we are praising him—the dispensations of his providence towards the world, towards the church, and towards particular persons. 1. God's works are very magnificent, great like himself; there is nothing in them that is mean or trifling: they are the products of infinite wisdom and power, and we must say this upon the first view of them, before we come to enquire more particularly into them, that the works of the Lord are great, Ps 111:2. There is something in them surprising, and that strikes an awe upon us. All the works of the Lord are spoken of as one (Ps 111:3); it is his work, such is the beauty and harmony of Providence and so admirably do all its dispensations centre in one design; it was cried to the wheels, O wheel! Eze 10:13. Take all together, and it is honourable and glorious, and such as becomes him. 2. They are entertaining and exercising to the inquisitive—sought out of all those that have pleasure therein. Note, (1.) All that truly love God have pleasure in his works, and reckon all well that he does; nor do their thoughts dwell upon any subject with more delight than on the works of God, which the more they are looked into the more they give us of a pleasing surprise. (2.) Those that have pleasure in the works of God will not take up with a superficial transient view of them, but will diligently search into them and observe them. In studying both natural and political history we should have this in our eye, to discover the greatness and glory of God's works. (3.) These works of God, that are humbly and diligently sought into, shall be sought out; those that seek shall find (so some read); they are found of all those that have pleasure in them, or found in all their parts, designs, purposes, and several concernments (so Dr. Hammond), for the secret of the Lord is with those that fear him, Ps 25:14. 3. They are all justly and holy; His righteousness endures for ever. Whatever he does, he never did, nor ever will do, any wrong to any of his creatures; and therefore his works endure for ever (Ec 3:14) because the righteousness of them endures. 4. They are admirable and memorable, fit to be registered and kept on record. Much that we do is so trifling that it is not fit to be spoken of or told again; the greatest kindness is to forget it. But notice is to be taken of God's works, and an account to be kept of them (Ps 111:4). He has made his wonderful works to be remembered; he has done that which is worthy to be remembered, which cannot but be remembered, and he has instituted ways and means for the keeping of some of them in remembrance, as the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt by the passover. He has made himself a memorial by his wonderful works (so some read it); see Isa 63:10. By that which God did with his glorious arm he made himself an everlasting name. 5. They are very kind. In them the Lord shows that he is gracious and full of compassion. As of the works of creation, so of the works of providence, we must say, They are not only all very great, but all very good. Dr. Hammond takes this to be the name which God has made to himself by his wonderful works, the same with that which he proclaimed to Moses, The Lord God is gracious and merciful, Ex 24:6. God's pardoning sin is the most wonderful of all his works and which ought to be remembered to his glory. It is a further instance of his grace and compassion that he has given meat to those that fear him, Ps 111:5. He gives them their daily bread, food convenient for them; so he does to others by common providence, but to those that fear him he gives it by covenant and in pursuance of the promise, for it follows, He will be ever mindful of his covenant; so that they can taste covenant-love even in common mercies. Some refer this to the manna with which God fed his people Israel in the wilderness, others to the spoil they got from the Egyptians when they came out with great substance, according to the promise, Ge 15:14. When God broke the heads of leviathan he gave him to be meat to his people, Ps 74:14. He has given prey to those that fear him (so the margin has it), not only fed them, but enriched them, and given their enemies to be a prey to them. 6. They are earnests of what he will do, according to his promise: He will ever be mindful of his covenant, for he has ever been so; and, as he never did, so he never will, let one jot or tittle of it fall to the ground. Though God's people have their infirmities, and are often unmindful of his commands, yet he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
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The Happiness of the Righteous
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義人的福樂
⁶ 祂向百姓顯出祂作為的權能，為要把列國的產業賜給他們。 ⁷ 祂手所作的，是誠實公平；祂的一切訓詞都是確定的， ⁸ 永永遠遠堅定，都是按真實正直而成。 ⁹ 祂向百姓施行救贖；祂命定祂的約直到永遠；祂的名聖而可畏。 ¹⁰ 敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端；凡遵行祂命令的，便有美好的見識；祂的讚美存到永遠。
我們在此受教要將榮耀歸給神，
一、因祂為祂百姓——為以色列百姓，無論古時或近代——所成就的大事：「祂向百姓顯出祂作為的權能」（詩 111:6），就是在祂為他們所成就的事上；祂曾多次證明祂的全能，向他們顯明祂能作甚麼，並證明沒有甚麼對祂是太難的。為要顯出祂作為的權能，這裏特別提到兩件事：1. 神賜給以色列迦南地的產業，「為要把」——就是在賜給他們的時候——「列國的產業」給他們。這事在約書亞的時代成就，那時七國被制伏；又在大衛的時代成就，那時鄰近的列國有許多被歸於以色列的統治之下，成為向大衛進貢的藩屬。在其中神顯明了祂的主權——隨己意分派列國，又顯明了祂的大能——使祂的分派得以成就。神若要使列國的產業成為以色列的產業，誰能質問祂的旨意，或攔阻祂的手呢？（代下 20:6）2. 祂多次為祂百姓施行拯救——當他們因自己的罪孽把自己賣在仇敵手中的時候（詩 111:9）：「祂向百姓施行救贖」——不僅起初出埃及，後來也屢次如此；這些救贖預表了時候滿足時要由主耶穌所成就的那大救贖，就是那許多人所等候的在耶路撒冷的救贖（路 2:38）。
二、因祂話語和祂作為的穩固，這保證了我們祂必為他們成就大事。1. 神所作的事永不撤銷。祂自己不撤銷它，人和魔鬼也不能（詩 111:7）：「祂手所作的，是誠實公平」（詩 111:8），這就是說，它們*「是按真實正直而成」；祂所作的一切都與永恆的公平規則和理由相符，一切都照著祂智慧的謀略和祂旨意的目的，一切都作得妥善，所以沒有甚麼可更改或修正的，祂的作為是堅固而不改變的。我們既可倚靠祂作為的起頭，也可信靠它們的成全；作得合宜的工必能長存，既不致朽壞，也不致在所加的壓力之下塌陷。2. 神所說的話永不收回：「祂的一切訓詞都是確定的」——都是正直的，所以都是穩妥的。祂的旨意——祂作為的準則——必都成就：「祂豈說過而不成就呢？」（民 23:19）祂必成就；無論祂命定光或暗，都照祂所命定的成了。祂的誡命——我們行動的準則——無可置疑地是公義善良的，所以是不可改變、不可廢除的；祂的應許和警告都是確定的，必都應驗；人的不信也不能使兩者中的任何一個歸於無效（羅 3:3）。它們是確立的，所以「永永遠遠堅定」，聖經不能廢棄（約 10:35）。智慧的神從不被催迫採取新的計謀，也不得不在祂的律法或護理中採取新的措施。一切都如所作的一樣，是在真實和正直中說的，所以是不可改變的。人的愚妄和虛謊使他們「在自己一切所行的道上都不穩定」（創 49:4），但無限的智慧和真實永遠排除了撤回和廢止：「祂命定祂的約直到永遠。」*神的約是命定的，因為祂是作為那有無可爭辯的權柄者來設定它——既設定我們當盡的本分，又設定我們當期望的事；祂又是作為那有無可置疑的能力者來成就它——既成就祂在約的祝福中所應許的，又成就祂在約的咒詛中所警告的（詩 105:8）。
三、因祂在人間設立並建立宗教。因為*「祂的名聖而可畏」，「敬畏祂是智慧的開端」，所以「祂的讚美存到永遠」——這就是說，祂當受永遠的讚美。1. 因為宗教的啟示如此大大有助於祂的尊榮。回顧祂在自己的話語和作為中所啟示關乎自己的事，你就必看見並說，神是偉大的，是大當可畏的；因為祂的名是聖潔的——祂無限的純潔和正直顯於祂藉以啟示自己的一切之中；正因為它是聖潔的，所以它是可畏的，當存聖潔的敬畏來思想和提及。請注意，凡聖潔的便是可畏的；天使在神面前以手遮臉，正是注目於神的聖潔（賽 6:2）；而人的尊榮莫過於他的成聖。神在祂的聖所中顯為最可畏（詩 68:35；利 10:3）。2. 因為宗教的教訓如此大大有助於人的福樂。我們有理由讚美神，因為事情安排得如此妥善——我們對神的敬畏和順服，既是我們的本分，也同樣是我們的利益。（1）我們對祂的敬畏是如此：「敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端。」我們敬畏神不僅是合理的——因為祂的名是可畏的、祂的本性是聖潔的——更是對我們有益的。這就是智慧；它要指導我們言談舉止合乎我們的身分，與自己一致，並為自己的益處而行。它是智慧之首，這就是說（如我們所讀的），「它是智慧的開端。」人若不開始敬畏神，就永不能開始有智慧；一切真智慧都發源於真宗教，並以它為根基。或者，照有人所領會的，它是首要的智慧，是最卓越的，在尊榮上居先。敬拜神、以我們的父和主人之尊榮歸給祂，乃是主要的智慧，也是智慧之首。那些常在祂聖潔的敬畏治理下行事的人，是治理得宜的。（2）我們對祂的順服是如此：「凡遵行祂命令的，便有美好的見識。」敬畏主的心在心裏掌權之處，就必有常常良心的謹慎來遵守祂的誡命——不是談論它們，而是遵行它們；而這樣的人有美好的見識，這就是說，[1] 他們被人看作明白事理；他們的順服蒙恩悅納，作為他們實在敬畏神的明顯證據。可比較箴 3:4：「這樣，你必……得恩寵，有美好的見識。」神和人都必看那些良心上盡本分的人為心存善意，並贊同他們，儘管他們有過失。誠實所圖謀的，必蒙妥善接納。[2] 他們自己也明白事理。第一，這是他們確實明白事理的記號。最順服的人被看為最聰明的人；那些以神的律法為準則、凡事受其治理的人，最認識自己和自己 的利益。認識神的誡命、又能博學地論述它們的人有大見識，但遵行它們、照它們而行的人才有美好的見識。第二，這是更加明白的途徑：「凡遵行它們的，便有美好的見識」；敬畏耶和華和其中的律法，賜人美好的見識，並能使他們「有得救的智慧」（提後 3:15）。「人若立志遵著祂的旨意行，就必曉得」基督的教訓，且越來越清楚（約 7:17）。「凡遵行它們的都必亨通」（旁註如此），正如所應許給約書亞的，只要他謹守遵行律法上的一切話（書 1:8）：「這樣，你的道路就可以亨通，你也必凡事順利。」我們有理由讚美神，永遠讚美祂，因祂把人擺在如此通達福樂的康莊大道上。有人將末了的話應用於那敬畏主的善人，而非那善良的神：「他的讚美存到永遠。」這讚美或許「不是從人來的」，但「卻是從神來的」*（羅 2:29）；而那從神來的讚美，當人的讚美枯萎消逝之時，卻存到永遠。
영문 원문
The Happiness of the Righteous
⁶ He hath showed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
⁷ The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
⁸ They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
⁹ He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
We are here taught to give glory to God,
I. For the great things he has done for his people, for his people Israel, of old and of late: He has shown his people the power of his works (Ps 111:6), in what he has wrought for them; many a time he has given proofs of his omnipotence, and shown them what he can do, and that there is nothing too hard for him to do. Two things are specified to show the power of his works:—1. The possession God gave to Israel in the land of Canaan, that he might give them, or in giving them, the heritage of the heathen. This he did in Joshua's time, when the seven nations were subdued, and in David's time, when the neighbouring nations were many of them brought into subjection to Israel and became tributaries to David. Herein God showed his sovereignty, in disposing of kingdoms as he pleases, and his might, in making good his disposals. If God will make the heritage of the heathen to be the heritage of Israel, who can either arraign his counsel or stay his hand? 2. The many deliverances which he wrought for his people when by their iniquities they had sold themselves into the hand of their enemies (Ps 111:9): He sent redemption unto his people, not only out of Egypt at first, but often afterwards; and these redemptions were typical of the great redemption which in the fulness of time was to be wrought out by the Lord Jesus, that redemption in Jerusalem which so many waited for.
II. For the stability both of his word and of his works, which assure us of the great things he will do for them. 1. What God has done shall never be undone. He will not undo it himself, and men and devils cannot (Ps 111:7): The works of his hand are verity and judgment (Ps 111:8), that is, they are done in truth and uprightness; all he does is consonant to the eternal rules and reasons of equity, all according to the counsel of his wisdom and the purpose of his will, all well done and therefore there is nothing to be altered or amended, but his works are firm and unchangeable. Upon the beginning of his works we may depend for the perfecting of them; work that is done properly will last, will neither go to decay nor sink under the stress that is laid upon it. 2. What God has said shall never be unsaid: All his commandments are sure, all straight and therefore all steady. His purposes, the rule of his actions, shall all have their accomplishment: Has he spoken, and will he not make it good? No doubt he will; whether he commands light or darkness, it is done as he commands. His precepts, the rule of our actions, are unquestionably just and good, and therefore unchangeable and not to be repealed; his promises and threatenings are all sure, and will be made good; nor shall the unbelief of man make either the one or the other of no effect. They are established, and therefore they stand fast for ever and ever, and the scripture cannot be broken. The wise God is never put upon new counsels, nor obliged to take new measures, either in his laws or in his providences. All is said, as all is done, in truth and uprightness, and therefore it is immutable. Men's folly and falsehood make them unstable in all their ways, but infinite wisdom and truth for ever exclude retraction and revocation: He has commanded his covenant for ever. God's covenant is commanded, for he has made it as one that has an incontestable authority to prescribe both what we must do and what we must expect, and an unquestionable ability to perform both what he has promised in the blessings of the covenant and what he has threatened in the curses of it, Ps 105:8.
III. For the setting up and establishing of religion among men. Because holy and reverend is his name, and the fear of him is the beginning of wisdom, therefore his praise endureth for ever, that is, he is to be everlastingly praised. 1. Because the discoveries of religion tend so much to his honour. Review what he has made known of himself in his word and in his works, and you will see, and say, that God is great and greatly to be feared; for his name is holy, his infinite purity and rectitude appear in all that whereby he has made himself known, and because it is holy therefore it is reverend, and to be thought of and mentioned with a holy awe. Note, What is holy is reverend; the angels have an eye to God's holiness when they cover their faces before him, and nothing is more man's honour than his sanctification. It is in his holy places that God appears most terrible, Ps 68:35, Le 10:3. 2. Because the dictates of religion tend so much to man's happiness. We have reason to praise God that the matter is so well contrived that our reverence of him and obedience to him are as much our interest as they are our duty. (1.) Our reverence of him is so: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It is not only reasonable that we should fear God, because his name is reverend and his nature is holy, but it is advantageous to us. It is wisdom; it will direct us to speak and act as becomes us, in a consistency with ourselves, and for our own benefit. It is the head of wisdom, that is (as we read it), it is the beginning of wisdom. Men can never begin to be wise till they begin to fear God; all true wisdom takes its rise from true religion, and has its foundation in it. Or, as some understand it, it is the chief wisdom, and the most excellent, the first in dignity. It is the principal wisdom, and the principal of wisdom, to worship God and give honour to him as our Father and Master. Those manage well who always act under the government of his holy fear. (2.) Our obedience to him is so: A good understanding have all those that do his commandments. Where the fear of the Lord rules in the heart there will be a constant conscientious care to keep his commandments, not to talk of them, but to do them; and such have a good understanding, that is, [1.] They are well understood; their obedience is graciously accepted as a plain indication of their mind that they do indeed fear God. Compare Pr 3:4, So shalt thou find favour and good understanding. God and man will look upon those as meaning well, and approve of them, who make conscience of their duty, though they have their mistakes. What is honestly intended shall be well taken. [2.] They understand well. First, It is a sign that they do understand well. The most obedient are accepted as the most intelligent; those understand themselves and their interest best that make God's law their rule and are in every thing ruled by it. A great understanding those have that know God's commandments and can discourse learnedly of them, but a good understanding have those that do them and walk according to them. Secondly, It is the way to understand better: A good understanding are they to all that do them; the fear of the Lord and the laws of that give men a good understanding, and are able to make them wise unto salvation. If any man will do his will, he shall know more and more clearly of the doctrine of Christ, Joh 7:17. Good success have all those that do them (so the margin), according to what was promised to Joshua if he would observe to do according to the law. Jos 1:8, Then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and shalt have good success. We have reason to praise God, to praise him for ever, for putting man into such a fair way to happiness. Some apply the last words rather to the good man who fears the Lord than to the good God: His praise endures for ever. It is not of men perhaps, but it is of God (Ro 2:29), and that praise which is of God endures for ever when the praise of men is withered and gone.
本篇及其後數篇詩篇，似乎是大衛為教會在莊嚴節期中的敬拜而寫的，並非因任何特殊的緣故而作。這是一首讚美詩。它的標題是「哈利路亞——你們要讚美耶和華」，表明我們當以預備好讚美神的心來使用本篇。它是按字母順序編寫的，每一句以希伯來文的一個字母起頭，按序排列，每節兩句，最後兩節各三句。詩人勸人讚美神時：（一）以自己為榜樣（詩一一一1）。（二）從神的作為中為我們提供讚美的內容：1. 祂作為的偉大與榮耀；2. 其中的公義；3. 其中的美善；4. 其中的大能；5. 其與祂應許之道的相符；6. 其永存的性質。這些內容互相交織（詩一一一2–9）。（三）他推薦對神的聖潔敬畏與對祂誡命之良心的順服，作為讚美神最蒙悅納的途徑（詩一一一10）。