The Fear of God is Wisdom | Psalm 112

This semester we have been studying the book of Psalms. The Psalms is a five book collection of Hebrew poems expertly crafted and strategically arranged. This song book was given to Israel in order to lead God’s people toward the truths of God and encourage them in their waiting for the Messiah. One important truth for God’s people to be keenly aware is to appropriately fear Him. When the Bible talks about fear, it often refers to it in two ways. One kind of fear leads people to move away from God, another kind of fear causes His people to reverently approach Him. This is the kind of fear Psalm 112 talks about and calls wise.