Psalm 111
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV, Common Worship Psalter, ASB Psalter, and BCP Psalter) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- II.7, II.15, III.6, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XLIII, The Prescription of Heretics, Tertullian (c. 200)
- VI.XXVII, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- From Exposition on the Psalms. Augustine (354-430).
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes (c.1599).
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.(c. 1700)
- From Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
- "Praise the Lord, now and forever," meditations on the Psalms by Sylvia Purdie, 2015.
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Doug Bratt, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2015.
- Commentary, Psalm 111, Shauna Hannan, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "Plain and simple, as the Psalmist attests, this God is the true Lord of all."
- Sermon Starters, Textual Points and Illustration Ideas, Doug Bratt, Center for Excellence in Preaching, 2015.
- "The problem with knowledge, says Paul, is that we don't know nearly as much as we think we know.."
- "Blessing for a Whole Heart," Jan Richardson, The Painted Prayerbook, 2015. Use of images.
- "The Good Life: Psalm 111 and Stewardship," Sharron Blezard, Stewardship of Life, 2015.
- The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 111, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2015.
- Commentary, Psalm 111, Walter C. Bouzard, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "Following an initial doxological summons to 'praise the LORD' (hallu yah), the psalmist composed Psalm 111 in the acrostic form. "
- "Fear Doesn't Mean Fear, Right?" Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2013.
- "Why doesn't someone fix the translation?"
- The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 111, (Pentecost 12B), Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2012.
- Devotion and Original Prayer, Psalm 111, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
- Commentary, Psalm 111, Rolf Jacobson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "Throughout these references to God's activities, the history of God with the chosen people is foregrounded. "
- The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 111, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2012.
- "Gaps and Doxology," Katie Munnik, Presbyterian Record, 2012.
- "Is There Wisdom in Fearing God?" Carol Howard Merritt, The Hardest Question, 2012.
- "What can we learn from this ancient understanding of our divine relationship?"
- "The Meaning of Life," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2009.
- "The way of wisdom is a life filled by the Holy Spirit, bearing the fruit of the Spirit, serving in the strength the Spirit provides, adopting the attitudes inspired by the spirit, attitudes of joy and gratitude and humility and respect."
- Commentary,
Psalm 111:1-10, Nancy deClaissé-Walford, Preaching
This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "Psalm 111 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving, a psalm type in which the singer gives thanks for God's goodness in delivering him/her from various life-threatening situations such as illness, oppression, or enemy attack."
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Commentary, Psalm 111, Nancy deClaissé-Walford, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "As believing communities recite and reverence the stories of the great deeds and wondrous acts of God performed on their behalf, they maintain and make ever-new their claim of being 'the people of God.'"
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Psalm 111,
Epiphany 4B,
Pentecost 11B, Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "The reasons for the praise of God, which is everlasting (v. 10c), are part of the life of the people of Israel. They may sound general and abstract at first but they have been part and parcel of shaping the life of the people."
- "Sharing Wisdom as an Act of Love," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Where Wisdom is Found," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2009. (Psalm 111) Focus article, "Sharing Wisdom as an Act of Love," David Lyle Jeffrey.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- "'I Come with Thanks Most Grateful':
Paul Gerhardt and Psalm 111 on Studying God's Works," Word & World,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- "'I Come with Thanks Most Grateful':
Paul Gerhardt and Psalm 111 on Studying God's Works," Word & World,
2007.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- Drama:
- Readers Theater, Psalm 111, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
- Liturgy:
- The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 111, (Pentecost 12B), Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2012.
- The Timeless Psalms: Psalm 111, Joan Stott, prayers and meditations based on lectionary Psalms, 2012.
- Readers Theater, Psalm 111, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
- Responsive Liturgical Paraphrase at The Billabong by Rev Jeff Shrowder, Uniting Church in Australia:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- The Seedbed Psalter, with selected tunes for singing.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Psalm 111. The Cyber Hymnal.
- "I Will Praise You Lord," lyrics, midi, sheet music, mp3. Stephen J. Pearson, The Psalmistry.
- Psalm 111 set to He Leadeth Me (LMD 88 88 88 88) by Dale A. Schoening, Metrical Psalms.
- Psalm 111, Lacey Brown, The Emergent Psalter, 2009.
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