1 Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
{A Song of degrees.} Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.
I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and saveth them.
For the mind of the flesh [is] death; but the mind of the Spirit life and peace.
and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.
Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, -- let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God.
Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth; Both young men and maidens, old men with youths, -- Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens. And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah!
Praise ye Jah! for it is good. Sing psalms of our God; for it is pleasant: praise is comely.
MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth.
They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat. They that make them are like unto them, -- every one that confideth in them. O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield. Jehovah hath been mindful of us: he will bless, he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the great.
To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners; But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
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Commentary on Psalms 112 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 112
This psalm is composed alphabetically, as the former is, and is (like the former) entitled "Hallelujah,' though it treats of the happiness of the saints, because it redounds to the glory of God, and whatever we have the pleasure of he must have the praise of. It is a comment upon the last verse of the foregoing psalm, and fully shows how much it is our wisdom to fear God and do his commandments. We have here,
In singing this psalm we must not only teach and admonish ourselves and one another to answer to the characters here given of the happy, but comfort and encourage ourselves and one another with the privileges and comforts here secured to the holy.
Psa 112:1-5
The psalmist begins with a call to us to praise God, but immediately applies himself to praise the people of God; for whatever glory is acknowledged to be on them it comes from God, and must return to him; as he is their praise, so they are his. We have reason to praise the Lord that there are a people in the world who fear him and serve him, and that they are a happy people, both which are owing entirely to the grace of God. Now here we have,
Psa 112:6-10
In these verses we have,