[5] The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies.

Musical settings include works by Heinrich Schütz in German, and Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Henri Desmarets and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in Latin.

[12] Heinrich Schütz wrote a setting of Psalm 111 in German, "Ich danke dem Herrn", SWV 34, as part of Psalmen Davids, published first in 1619.

He wrote a setting of a metred paraphrase of the psalm in German, "Ich will von Herzen danken Gott dem Herren", SWV 209, for the Becker Psalter, published first in 1628.

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi composed a setting, Confitebor tibi Domine in C major for soprano, alto, choir, strings and continuo 1732.