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📚Praise 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 by all those who have
pleasure in them.
3 📚His work is honourable
and glorious,
and his righteousness continues
on forever 📖.
4 📚He has caused his wonderful
deeds to be remembered.
The LORD is gracious
and full of compassion.
5 📚He has given food 📖 to those
who fear him.
He will always 📖 keep his covenant
in mind.
6 📚He has shown his people the power
of his works,
by giving them the inheritance
of the heathen.
7 📚The works of his hands are in
truth and justice.
All his commandments are sure;
8 📚They stand firm forever and ever,
and are done in truth
and uprightness.
9 📚He sent redemption 📖 to
his people.
He ordained his covenant forever.
His name is holy
and awe-inspiring 📖.
10 📚The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of wisdom.
All those who do his commands
have good understanding.
His praise continues forever.
111:10 Job 28:28; Prov 1:7; 9:10. Other notes on the fear of the Lord at Ps 34:11-14; Gen 20:11. Without the fear of the Lord there is not even the beginning of wisdom. A man may have a powerful intellect, vast learning, and great skills, but if he does not have the fear of God he does not have wisdom. He may know all philosophy and all religion, but without the fear of God he does not have wisdom. He may think he is wise and others may think he is wise, but if he does not have the fear of God he does not have wisdom. See here what the fear of the Lord is and what it causes a person to do. True wisdom is not merely in knowing; it is in doing. A man who will not set himself to obey the God of the universe as revealed in the Bible is far from being wise.⚜