Psalms 112:1

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

As in Psalms 111:1 God's past inter-positions were set forth to encourage the Jews still to obey God, so in Psalms 112:1 God is shown as the Rewarder of His faithful people. This psalm is an inspired commentary on (cf. Psalms 112:3; ).

Praise ye the Lord - `Hallelujah.' Psalms 111:1 begins with the same heading. The Hebrew alphabetical arrangement commences at the next clause [of which the character 'aleph (') is the first letter], and so marks the beginning of ,

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord that delighteth greatly in his commandments defining what Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments - defining what constitutes the true "fear of the Lord," which was termed "the beginning of wisdom," . He who hath this true "fear" delights () not merely in the theory, but in the practice of all 'the Lord's commandments.' Such fear, so far from being a 'hard' service, is the only "blessed" one (). Compare the Gospel commandments, 1 John 3:23; . True obedience is not task-work, as formalists regard religion, but a "delight" (). Worldly delights, which made piety irksome, are supplanted by the newborn delight in and taste for the will and ways of God (; ).