Psalm 111:1-10 - The Remedy for Discouragement

Pastor Mike Impact Ministries · Dec 8, 2023 · 5m

As we said yesterday, Psalms 111 and 112 could be called twins. Neither have a title, we have no idea who wrote them, but most likely they were written by some Levite after the Babylonian captivity, probably early in the post-exilic period. Life was not easy for the Jewish remnant that returned to Jerusalem after their exile in Babylon. Their neighbors were often hostile, the Persian officials were not always cooperative, and the economic situation was difficult. Ezra the scribe and the prophet Haggai described some of these problems in their books.

The psalmist of Psalm 111 gives us four…