What is the meaning of Psalm 111:5? He provides food for those who fear Him • The verse opens with God’s tangible care. “Fear” here speaks of reverent trust; those who honor Him can count on His provision. Psalm 34:9–10 echoes, “Fear the LORD, you His saints… those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.” • Throughout Scripture, the Lord feeds His people: – Manna in the wilderness (Exodus 16:4, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you”). – Elijah’s daily rations from ravens (1 Kings 17:6). – Jesus’ reminder in Matthew 6:31–33 that the Father knows our needs and “all these things will be added unto you.” • Provision is not only physical. Jesus declares in John 6:35, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger.” He sustains body and soul. • The psalmist’s confidence rests on a lifetime of observation: “I have never seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread” (Psalm 37:25). God’s track record invites steady trust today. He remembers His covenant forever • God’s care is grounded in covenant faithfulness. Genesis 17:7 introduces an “everlasting covenant” with Abraham’s line; Psalm 111:5 assures that God still has it on His mind. • Even in oppression the promise stands: “God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” (Exodus 2:24). • Deuteronomy 7:9 stresses that He “keeps His covenant… to a thousand generations,” while Psalm 105:8 repeats, “He remembers His covenant forever.” • The New Testament celebrates the same reliability. Luke 1:72–73 says Christ’s coming was “to remember His holy covenant, the oath He swore to our father Abraham.” Every promise finds its “Yes” in Jesus (2 Corinthians 1:20), and Hebrews 10:23 urges, “He who promised is faithful.” • Because He never forgets His covenant, His provision in the first phrase is more than an occasional favor; it is the ongoing expression of an unbreakable pledge. summary Psalm 111:5 ties daily bread to eternal promise. The Lord feeds those who revere Him and does so out of loyalty to a covenant He will never abandon. Physical and spiritual needs are met because the God who pledged Himself to His people is forever mindful of that pledge—and of them. |
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