Psalm 112
Verse 2 Generation - The posterity. Verse 3 Righteousness - The fruit or reward of his righteousness, which is God's blessing upon his estate. Verse 4 Darkness - In the troubles and calamities of life. He - The upright man. Verse 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. Verse 6 Moved - Though he may for a season be afflicted, yet he shall not be eternally destroyed. Verse 7 Evil tidings - At the report of approaching calamities. Verse 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. Verse 10 The desire - Either of the misery of good men; or of his own constant prosperity.