Verses 12-13
12, 13. A more calm and confident tone marks the closing of this psalm.
Maintain the cause of the afflicted The language is forensic. A suffering Church appeals to God against the wrongs and persecutions of the world, and faith assures that God will maintain the right. Afflicted…
poor These terms, often rendered “poor and needy” in the psalms and the prophets, denote not merely the temporally destitute and suffering, but commonly take the implied adsignification of humble, “poor in spirit,” as Matthew 5:3, such as despair of self-help, and put their trust in God only. Such only are dear to God, and he will vindicate them.
Surely Answering to the New Testament verily.
The righteous shall give thanks Both for the results reached and the methods of Providence to secure them.
Dwell in thy presence Literally, Dwell before thy face. To abide “before the face of God” to “behold his face” to “be glad in his countenance” are phrases always denoting the conscious enjoyment of the favour of God, here and hereafter. See on Psalms 16:11; Psalms 17:15; Psalms 21:6; and compare Matthew 5:8; 1 John 3:2. A Psalm of David.
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