Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 111:5

5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he will ever be mindful of his covenant .

Which includes all necessary provisions for their being and well-being. The word signifies spoil, and so may relate to the spoil of the Egyptians, granted by God to the Israelites; but it is sometimes used for food, as Prov. 31. 15. Mal, 3. 10.

To the Israelites, the onely people in the world which feared and worshipped the true God according to his will; and especially to those among them that truly feared God, and, for their sakes, to the body of that Nation, as well in the Wilderness, as in their following straits and miseries.

Or, he hath ever been; for both in the first branch of this verse, and in the foregoing and following verses he is speaking of the former works of God. So the Future tense is put for the past, as it is frequently, and as on the contrary the past tense is oft put for the Future.

Which he made with Abraham and with his seed for ever; whereby he obliged himself to be their God, and to provide all necessaries for them.

Marginal references: Heb. prey.