Psalm 111/Notes/Lexical.Vv. 7-8.908902

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  • SDBH understands מִשְׁפָּט here in the sense of "law; rules," but, as it is collocated with the abstract noun אמת, it more likely refers to "justice." "Characterized by faithfulness and justice" (NET) >> "faithful and just" (NIV, ESV, GNT). Cf. GKC 141 and the note on v. 3a.
  • SDBH defines פִּקּוּדִים as "rules regulating behavior." Baethgen argues that these refer here, not to the commands of the law, but to YHWH's providential decrees.[1]
  • On the meaning of עֲשׂוּיִם in this context, see The Text, Grammar, and Meaning of Ps. 111:8b.
  1. Baethgen 1904, 341.