The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 111:8

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

They stand fast forever and ever. This is exegetical of the "sure" in Psalms 111:7. In the sense in which they were given—the spiritual sense underlying them—not one jot or tittle of God's commandments ever passes away (Matthew 5:18).

And are done in truth and uprightness; rather, being done. It is the intrinsic truth and equity of the commandments that render them ever lasting and unchangeable (see Cudworth on 'Immutable Morality').

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