7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed confiding in Jehovah;
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.
The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Wherefore be of good courage, men, for I believe God that thus it shall be, as it has been said to me.
Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe on God, believe also on me.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh; for Jehovah shall be thy confidence, and he will keep thy foot from being taken.
It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man; It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in nobles.
Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah.
In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee. In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?
{[A Psalm] of David.} Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.
But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for *I* am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
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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,