5 Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread. All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed `is' for a blessing.
`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh. `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin; thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;
in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;
and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment,
in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;
for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;
And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'
And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume, And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it, (But from my youth He grew up with me as `with' a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.) If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy, If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, For riches `are' not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains. Lambs `are' for thy clothing, And the price of the field `are' he-goats, And a sufficiency of goats' milk `is' for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens. If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?
He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.
The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.
That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
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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.