5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
I have been young, and now am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his children begging for bread. All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.
If there be with you a poor man, one of your brothers, within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants. Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die.
When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."
Behold, a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother's womb); If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering; If his heart hasn't blessed me, If he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;
Know well the state of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds: For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations. The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, The grasses of the hills are gathered in. The lambs are for your clothing, And the goats are the price of a field. There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls.
I went by the field of the sluggard, By the vineyard of the man void of understanding; Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; So shall your poverty come as a robber, And your want as an armed man.
Don't you be one of those who strike hands, Of those who are collateral for debts. If you don't have means to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
One who is slack in his work Is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, But he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
That you may walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
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PSALM 112
Ps 112:1-10. This Psalm may be regarded as an exposition of Ps 111:10, presenting the happiness of those who fear and obey God, and contrasting the fate of the ungodly.
1. True fear produces obedience and this happiness.
2, 3. Temporal blessings follow the service of God, exceptions occurring only as they are seen by God to be inconsistent with those spiritual blessings which are better.
4. light—figurative for relief (Ps 27:1; 97:11).
the upright—are like God (Lu 6:36; Ps 111:4).
5-9. Generosity, sound judgment in business, and confidence in God, form a character which preserves from fear of evil and ensures success against enemies. While a man thus truly pious is liberal, he increases in substance.
6. not be moved—(compare Ps 13:4; 15:5).
8. heart is established—or, firm in right principles.
see his desire—(Ps 50:23; 54:7).
10. Disappointed in their malevolent wishes by the prosperity of the pious, the wicked are punished by the working of their evil passions, and come to naught.