Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: Psalms: Psalms Chapter 112
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]
Psalms 112:2
psa 112:2
Generation - The posterity.
Psalms 112:3
psa 112:3
Righteousness - The fruit or reward of his righteousness, which is God's blessing upon his estate.
Psalms 112:4
psa 112:4
Darkness - In the troubles and calamities of life. He - The upright man.
Psalms 112:5
psa 112:5
Lendeth - Gives freely to some, and lends to others according to the variety of their conditions. Affairs - His domestick affairs. Discretion - Not getting his estate unjustly, nor casting it away prodigally, nor yet withholding it from such as need it.
Psalms 112:6
psa 112:6
Moved - Though he may for a season be afflicted, yet he shall not be eternally destroyed.
Psalms 112:7
psa 112:7
Evil tidings - At the report of approaching calamities.
Psalms 112:9
psa 112:9
Dispersed - His goods, freely and liberally. Righteousness - His liberality, or the reward of it. Ever - What he gives is not lost, but indeed is the only part of his estate, which will abide with him to all eternity.
Psalms 112:10
psa 112:10
The desire - Either of the misery of good men; or of his own constant prosperity.