(KJV) Psalm 112

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⥃The Two Paths [ Matthew 5:3–12 † Luke 6:20–23 ]

[1] Blessed3 [is] the man that walketh4 not in the counsel5 of the ungodly6, nor standeth7 in the way8 of sinners, nor sitteth9 in the seat of the scornful10.11 [2] But his12 delight [is] in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate13 day14 and night. [3] And he shall be like a tree15 planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth16 forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not17 wither18; and whatsoever19 he doeth shall prosper. [4] The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like20 the chaff which the wind driveth away. [5] Therefore the ungodly shall21 not stand in the judgment, nor sinners22 in the congregation of the righteous. [6] For the Lord knoweth23 the way24 of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

<< Job 42 Psalm 2 >>

  1. The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nations find in these compositions a language at once suitable to their feelings, and expressive of their highest joys and deepest sorrows, as well as of all the endlessly varied wishes and desires of their hearts. Whether the pious believer is disposed to indulge the exalted sentiments of praise and thanksgiving towards the ALMIGHTY FATHER of his being; to pour out his soul in penitence or prayer; to bewail, with tears of contrition, past offences; to magnify the goodness and mercy of GOD; to dwell with ecstacy on the divine attributes of wisdom and omnipotence; or to rejoice in the coming of the MESSIAH, the Psalms afford him the most perfect models for expressing all his feelings. ↩

  2. Ps 1:1, The happiness of the godly; Ps 1:4, The unhappiness of the ungodly. ↩

  3. Ps 2:12, Ps 32:1-2, Ps 34:8, Ps 84:12, Ps 106:3, Ps 112:1, Ps 115:12-15, Ps 119:1-2, Ps 144:15; Ps 146:5; Deut 28:2-68, Deut 33:29; Jer 17:7; Matt 16:17; Luke 11:28; John 13:17; John 20:29; Rev 22:14 ↩

  4. Ps 81:12; Gen 5:24; Lev 26:27-28; 1Kgs 16:31; Job 31:5; Prov 1:15, Prov 4:14-15; Prov 13:20; Ezek 20:18; 1Pet 4:3 ↩

  5. Ps 64:2; Gen 49:6; 2Chr 22:3; Job 10:3, Job 21:16; Luke 23:51 ↩

  6. or, wicked ↩

  7. Ps 26:12; Rom 5:2; Eph 6:13 ↩

  8. Ps 1:6, Ps 36:4, Ps 146:9; Prov 2:12, Prov 4:19, Prov 13:15; Matt 7:13-14 ↩

  9. Ps 26:4-5, Ps 119:115; Jer 15:17 ↩

  10. Prov 1:22, Prov 3:34, Prov 9:12, Prov 19:29 ↩

  11. am 3560, bc 444 ↩

  12. Ps 40:8, Ps 112:1, Ps 119:11, Ps 119:35, Ps 119:47-48, Ps 119:72, Ps 119:92; Job 23:12; Jer 15:16; Rom 7:22; 1John 5:3 ↩

  13. Ps 104:34, Ps 119:11, Ps 119:15, Ps 119:97-99; Josh 1:8; 1Tim 4:15 ↩

  14. Ps 88:1; Luke 2:37, Luke 18:7; 1Thess 2:9; 2Tim 1:3 ↩

  15. Job 14:9; Isa 44:4; Jer 17:8; Ezek 17:8, Ezek 19:10, Ezek 47:12; Rev 22:2 ↩

  16. Ps 92:14; Matt 21:34, Matt 21:41 ↩

  17. Isa 27:11; Matt 13:6, Matt 21:19; John 15:6; Jude 1:12 ↩

  18. Heb. fade ↩

  19. Ps 128:2, Ps 129:8; Gen 39:3, Gen 39:23; Josh 1:7-8; 1Chr 22:11; 2Chr 31:21, 2Chr 32:23; Isa 3:10 ↩

  20. Ps 35:5; Job 21:18; Isa 17:13, Isa 29:5; Hos 13:3; Matt 3:12 ↩

  21. Ps 5:5, Ps 24:3; Luke 21:36; Jude 1:15 ↩

  22. Ps 26:9; Mal 3:18; Matt 13:49, Matt 25:32, Matt 25:41, Matt 25:46 ↩

  23. Ps 37:18-24, Ps 139:1-2, Ps 142:3; Job 23:10; Nah 1:7; John 10:14, John 10:27; 2Tim 2:19 ↩

  24. Ps 112:10, Ps 146:9; Prov 14:12, Prov 15:9; Matt 7:13; 2Pet 2:12 ↩