Psalm 112:1-9

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Prosperity of the One Who Fears the LORD.

1 Praise the LORD! How ¹blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who greatly ²delights in His commandments.

2 His ³descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the ⁴upright will be blessed.

3 ⁵Wealth and riches are in his house, And his righteousness endures forever.

4 Light arises in the darkness ⁶for the upright; He is ⁷gracious and compassionate and righteous.

5 It is well with the man who ⁸is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment.

6 For he will ⁹never * be shaken; The ¹⁰righteous will be remembered forever.

7 He will not fear ¹¹evil tidings; His ¹²heart is steadfast, ¹³trusting in the LORD.

8 His ¹⁴heart is upheld, he ¹⁵will not fear, Until he ¹⁶looks with satisfaction on his adversaries.

9 He ¹⁷has given freely to the poor, His righteousness endures forever; His ¹⁸horn will be exalted in honor.

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Psalm 112:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 112

This psalm, also, very probably, was written by David, and is composed as the former, in an alphabetical order. The inscription of it in the Syriac version is,

``When David in it commanded Solomon his son, saying, Keep the commandments of, the Lord, and worship him: likewise the calling of the Gentiles and the righteousness of Christ.''

The subject matter of the psalm are the character, conduct, usefulness, and happiness of a good man.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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