Psalm 112

Psa 112:1

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CONTEXT: The life of Hezekiah.

Psa 112:2

HIS CHILDREN WILL BE MIGHTY IN THE LAND: Hezekiah's lack of a son (Psa 127:3-5; 128:3) to continue the Davidic line was a great grief. His immed son Manasseh was scarcely the looked-for seed, but Jesus was!

(NT) Believers new-born in Christ (Psa 22:30; Isa 53:10; Psa 102:18; 103:22; 104:31; 145:5,9,10), to inherit the "Land" or earth (Mat 5:5; Rev 5:9,10).

Psa 112:3

WEALTH AND RICHES ARE IN HIS HOUSE: (NT) With regard to Christ, equivalent to "his righteousness"!

Psa 112:4

EVEN IN DARKNESS LIGHT DAWNS FOR THE UPRIGHT: (NT) Jesus' resurrection (Mat 28:3,4; Luk 24:4).

Psa 112:5

GOOD WILL COME TO HIM WHO IS GENEROUS AND LENDS FREELY: Lev 25:35-38; Deu 15:7-10; Job 31:16-22; Psa 37:21; Pro 19:17; 25:21,22; Luk 6:35.

WHO CONDUCTS HIS AFFAIRS WITH JUSTICE: Like a good steward of the gifts that come from God (1Co 4:2; 1Pe 4:10), the man of discretion will not lavish blessings upon others without thought and planning.

Psa 112:6

A RIGHTEOUS MAN WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER: (NT) The breaking of bread? Immortality? Or the combining of the two in the age to come (Luk 22:16,l8).

Psa 112:7

HE WILL HAVE NO FEAR OF BAD NEWS: Hezekiah receiving the news of Sennacherib's advance on Jerusalem (2Ki 19:6; 2Ch 32:1,2).

HIS HEART IS STEADFAST, TRUSTING IN THE LORD: Hezekiah's words: "Be strong and courageous...." (2Ch 32:6-8).

Psa 112:8

IN THE END HE WILL LOOK IN TRIUMPH ON HIS FOES: 185,000 dead (Isa 37:36)!

Psa 112:9

HE HATH SCATTERED ABROAD HIS GIFTS TO THE POOR: Cited by Paul in 2Co 9:9. As God gives gifts (ie immortality) to men through Christ, so men should give gifts (material things) to others: Pro 11:24; Mat 5:7.

HORN: Implying triumph over adversaries (Psa 18:2; 75:10; 89:17,24; 92:10; 132:17; 1Sa 2:1,10; 2Sa 22:3; Luk 1:69).

HONOR: The gifts of 2Ch 32:23.

Psa 112:10

HE WILL GNASH HIS TEETH: (NT) The anger of the Sanhedrin, directed against Stephen (Act 7:54).

THE LONGINGS OF THE WICKED WILL COME TO NOTHING: That is, that which they long for.