The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 111:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

He hath given meat unto them that fear him. The manna may be primarily in the writer's mind, but he is also thinking of the "food given to all flesh" (Psalms 136:25) continually. He will ever be mindful of his covenant.

The covenant with Abraham, made "to a thousand generations" (Psalms 105:8).

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