Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
The world thinks wickedness brings prosperity, and most pursue it by fraud and plunder because they believe integrity brings misery. The prophet shows us otherwise: God's fatherly care yields far more advantage than any injury we could inflict to seize what we want.
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Commenting on Psalm 112:1-10
Wealth and riches shall be in his house. Understood literally this is rather a promise of the old covenant than of the new, for many of the best of the people of God are very poor; yet it has been found true that uprightness is the road to success, and, all other things being equal, the honest man is the rising man.
The man who is truly blessed stands in awe of God with constant reverence for His majesty, and takes genuine pleasure in His commandments as a son takes delight in a father's will, not a slave's dread. He delights greatly in God's precepts, finding them written in his heart; he is in his element when in the service of God, and this delight surpasses all the employments and enjoyments of this world.
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Commenting on Psalm 112:1-5