“They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.”
They are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. God's precepts endure eternally and are executed with moral integrity ('faithfulness and uprightness'). The permanence and consistency of God's command establishes law as a stable guide. This verse emphasizes that God's law is both eternal and morally sound.
Church Fathers on Psalms 111:8
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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