Psalm 112:3
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Verse 3. His righteousness endureth for ever. It seems a bold thing to say this of anything human, and yet it is true; for all human righteousness has its root in the righteousness of God. It is not merely man striving to copy God. It is God's gift and God's work. There is a living connexion between the righteousness of God and the righteousness of man, and therefore the imperishableness of the one appertains to the other also. Hence the same thing is affirmed here of the human righteousness which in Psalms 111:3 is affirmed of the Divine. --J. J. S. Perowne.
Verse 3. His righteousness endureth for ever. We are justified before God by faith only: Romans 3:4 : but they are righteous before men, who live honestly, piously, humbly, as the law of God requires. Concerning this righteousness the Psalmist says that it endureth for ever, while the feigned and simulated uprightness of hypocrites is abominable before God, and with men speedily passes away. --Solomon Gesner.
HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS
Verse 3. The riches of a Christian: content, peace, security, power in prayer, promises, providence, yea, God himself.
Verse 3. The enduring character of true righteousness.
Verse 3. Connection of the two clauses -- How to be wealthy and righteous. Note the following verses, and show how liberality is needful if rich men would be righteous men.