Psalm 112:6-8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 112:6-10

In these verses we have, I. The satisfaction of saints, and their stability. It is the happiness of a good man that he shall not be moved for ever, Ps. 112:6. Satan and his instruments endeavour to move him, but his foundation is firm and he shall never be moved, at least not moved for ever; if he be shaken for a time, yet he settles again quickly. 1. A good man will have a settled reputation, and that is a great satisfaction. A good man shall have a good name, a name for good things, with God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 112:6

Surely he shall not be moved for ever ,.... Out of the heart of God, and from his love and affections; out of the covenant of grace, and from an interest in it; out of the hands of Christ, or off of him the foundation; out of the house and family of God; out of a state of grace and righteousness, into condemnation: and though he may be distressed by afflictions, yet not destroyed; and though he may be so shaken, as to fall from some degree of steadfastness in the faith, and into sin, yet not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 112:7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings ,.... Either respecting things temporal; the death of friends, loss of substance, public calamities, wars and rumours of wars, commotions, confusions, convulsions, and revolutions in states, kingdoms, and nations, Psalm 46:1 or things spiritual; such as are brought to him by Satan; that he is an hypocrite, and the root of the matter is not in him; for he knows him to be a liar, and the father of lies; or by his own unbelieving heart: or what will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 112:8

His heart is established ,.... With the doctrine of grace; which is food unto it, and by which it is strengthened and nourished; it is established in the faith of Christ, both in the grace of faith, and in the doctrine of faith, even in all the doctrines of the Gospel; so that he is not as a child, tossed to and fro with every wind; his heart is established in the exercise of grace, and he is steadfast and immovable in the discharge of duty. This being the case, he shall not be afraid,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 112:7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings - He knows that God governs the world, therefore he fears not for futurity. And as to the calumnies of men, he fears them not, because his heart is fixed - determined to walk in the path of duty, whatever persecutions he may suffer, for he trusts in the Lord. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 112:8

His heart is established - לבו סמוך samuch libbo , "his heart is propped up;" he is buttressed up by the strength of his Maker. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 112:6

Verse 6 6Surely he shall not be moved. The Hebrew particle כי, ki, may here be taken in its natural or causal meaning, and thus be rendered for, especially if in the preceding verse we adopt the marginal reading, It shall be well with the man. For he refers in more explicit terms to that happiness of which he spake, that God sustains the compassionate and humane, so that amid all the vicissitudes of life they remain unmoved; that he makes their innocence appear, and protects them from unjust... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 112:7

Verse 7 7.He shall not be afraid when he hears evil tidings This may appear to be a confirmation of the statement contained in the preceding verse, being as much as to say, That the righteous are exempted from the infamous name which the reprobate secure to themselves by their vicious conduct. I rather take the meaning to be, that the righteous, unlike unbelievers, who tremble at every even the slightest rumor, calmly and peacefully confide in God’s paternal care, amid all the evil tidings... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 112:1-10

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 112:1-10

The promise of piety. In Bacon's celebrated saying that "prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, but adversity of the New," there is a measure of truth; but it is far from covering all the ground. We may set against it the apostolic declaration that" godliness hath the promise of the life that now is." And though we may not press the sentences of this psalm to any nice exactitude, yet it is substantially as true of the good man, and as applicable to his life on earth now, as it... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 112:6-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 112:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 112:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 112:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 112:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 112:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 112:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 112:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 112:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 112:1-10

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