PSALM 112 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm containeth a description of a good
man's gracious disposition and carriage; as also of his blessed
condition, even in this life as well as in the next. The blessedness
of them that fear the Lord in this life, and in that to come, PSALMS
112:1; for which the wicked e... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GENERATION, i.e. the posterity, as this word is oft used, as
LEVITICUS 23:43 NUMBERS 9:10, &c., called _his seed_ in the former
branch.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE IN HIS HOUSE; possessed by him whilst he lives, and continued
in his family after his death. HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, i.e. the fruit or
reward of his righteousness, which is God's blessing upon his estate;
for the work is oft put for the reward of it, as in the Hebrew,
LEVITICUS 19:13 JOB 7:2 PSA... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE UPRIGHT THERE ARISETH LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS; and although he
is subject to the troubles and calamities of this life, as others are,
yet God will give him support and comfort in them, and a happy issue
out of them, whereas the wicked sink under their burdens, and their
present miseries usher... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOWETH FAVOUR, AND LENDETH; giveth freely to some, and kindly lendeth
to others, according to the variety of their conditions. GUIDE HIS
AFFAIRS; maintain and manage his estate or domestic affairs. WITH
DISCRETION, Heb. _with judgment_; so as is fit and meet, and as God
requires, not getting his es... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL NOT BE MOVED FOR EVER; though he may for a season be afflicted,
yet he shall not be utterly and eternally destroyed, as wicked men
shall. Shall be in everlasting remembrance; though whilst he lives he
may be exposed to the censures, and slanders, and contradictions of
sinners, yet after death... [ Continue Reading ]
OF EVIL TIDINGS; at the report of approaching calamities and judgments
of God, at which the wicked are so dismayed and affrighted. TRUSTING
IN THE LORD; casting all his care upon God, and securely relying upon
his providence and promise.... [ Continue Reading ]
And although his enemies be many, and mighty, and terrible, yet he
shall confidently and cheerfully wait upon God, until he see their
ruin and his own deliverance and safety.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISPERSED, to wit, his goods, and that freely and liberally, to
several persons, as occasion is offered, as this word implies. HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS, i.e. his liberality, as this word is used, PROVERBS
10:2, PROVERBS 11:4 DANIEL 4:27 2 CORINTHIANS 9:9,10, &c.; or the
reward of it, as before, PSALMS 112:... [ Continue Reading ]
BE GRIEVED at the felicity of good men, partly, from envy at the
happiness of others; partly, from his peculiar hatred of all godly
men; and partly, because it is a plain testimony of God's justice and
providence, and therefore a certain presage of his own ruin. The
desire; his desire either of the... [ Continue Reading ]