Be glad in the Lord
The Targum renders it, "in the Word of the Lord"; in Christ the
essential Word; in him as the Lord their righteousness, and
because of his righteousness imputed to them, by which they
become righteous; and in him as their Saviour and Redeemer, and
because of the salvation which he has wrought out for them; see (
Isaiah
61:10 ) ;
and rejoice, ye righteous;
in the Lord, as before; for this is not a carnal, but spiritual
joy, which is here exhorted to, the same as in ( Philippians
4:4 ) ; and "righteous" ones, who are excited to it, are such
who are not righteous in appearance only, or in their own
conceit, or by the deeds of the law, or in and of themselves; for
there is none righteous this way: but who are made righteous by
the obedience of Christ, and are righteousness itself in him;
under a sense of which grace they live soberly, righteously, and
godly; and these have great reason to rejoice and be glad;
and shout for joy all [ye that are] upright in
heart:
who have the truth of grace, and the root of the matter in them,
oil in the vessels of their hearts, with their lamps; whose faith
is unfeigned, whose hope is without hypocrisy, and whose love is
without dissimulation; and who worship the Lord in spirit and in
truth, and draw nigh to him with true hearts, and call upon him
in the simplicity of them; these ought to rejoice, and even shout
for joy, because of the grace that is wrought in them, and
bestowed upon them, and the glory they shall be partakers of; for
both grace and glory are given to these, and no good thing is
withheld from them; the end of these upright souls is peace; and
when they have done their work, they shall lie down and rest in
their beds, and each one shall walk in his uprightness, (
Psalms
84:11 ) ( 37:37 ) (
Isaiah 57:2 )
.