1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.
<A Song of the going up.> Happy is the worshipper of the Lord, who is walking in his ways.
I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.
For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
His mercy is for all generations in whom is the fear of him.
Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth: Young men and virgins; old men and children: Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven. He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.
Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.
<MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.
Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law. It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules. The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.
Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.
I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.
They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat. Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them. O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate. The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron. He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord. But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
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Commentary on Psalms 112 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
PSALM 112
Ps 112:1-10. This Psalm may be regarded as an exposition of Ps 111:10, presenting the happiness of those who fear and obey God, and contrasting the fate of the ungodly.
1. True fear produces obedience and this happiness.
2, 3. Temporal blessings follow the service of God, exceptions occurring only as they are seen by God to be inconsistent with those spiritual blessings which are better.
4. light—figurative for relief (Ps 27:1; 97:11).
the upright—are like God (Lu 6:36; Ps 111:4).
5-9. Generosity, sound judgment in business, and confidence in God, form a character which preserves from fear of evil and ensures success against enemies. While a man thus truly pious is liberal, he increases in substance.
6. not be moved—(compare Ps 13:4; 15:5).
8. heart is established—or, firm in right principles.
see his desire—(Ps 50:23; 54:7).
10. Disappointed in their malevolent wishes by the prosperity of the pious, the wicked are punished by the working of their evil passions, and come to naught.