“His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.”
Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. The character of God's works combines aesthetic ('splendor,' 'majesty') and moral ('righteousness') dimensions. The permanence ('endures forever') establishes that God's righteous character persists across time. This verse emphasizes that God's works manifest both divine beauty and divine justice.
Church Fathers on Psalms 111:3
1. The days have come for us to sing Allelujah.. ..Now these days come only to pass away, and pass away to come, again, and typify the day which does not come and pass away, because it is neither preceded by yesterday to cause it to come, nor pressed upon by the morrow to cause it to pass....For as these days succeed in regular season, with a joyful cheerfulness, the past days of Lent, whereby the misery of this life before the Resurrection of the Lord's body is signified; so…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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