Psalms 112:7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. HE SHALL NOT BE AFRAID OF EVIL TIDINGS - because, whatever evil may befall, God can and will overrule it to good (). HIS HEART IS FIXED - established fearlessly. So Moses, with the Red Sea before and the Egyptian foes behind (); Jehoshaphat before the Ammonite horde of invaders (; ; ); Asa before Zerah, the Ethiopian's "thousand thousand and three hundred chariots" ...

7._He shall not be afraid when he hears evil tidings _This may appear to be a confirmation of the statement contained in the preceding verse, being as much as to say, That the righteous are exempted from the infamous name which the reprobate secure to themselves by their vicious conduct. I rather take the meaning to be, that the righteous, unlike unbelievers, who tremble at every even the slightest rumor, calmly and peacefully confide in God’s paternal care, amid all the evil tidings which may reach them. Whence is it that unbelievers are in constant agitation, but that they imagine they are the sport of fortune on the earth, while God remains at ease in heaven? No wonder, then, that the rustling of the falling leaf troubles and alarms them. From such uneasiness the faithful are freed, because they neither give heed to rumors, nor does the fear of them prevent them from constantly invoki...

Verse Psalms 112:7. _HE SHALL NOT BE AFRAID OF EVIL TIDINGS_] He knows that God governs the world, therefore he fears not for futurity. And as to the _calumnies_ of men, he fears _them_ not, because _his heart is_ _fixed _- determined to walk in the path of duty, whatever persecutions he may suffer, for _he trusts in the Lord_....

HE SHALL NOT BE AFRAID OF EVIL TIDINGS - Of bad news; of reverses and losses; of the destruction of his ship at sea, or his property by land; of disaster by flood, by famine, by war. His heart will so fully confide in God that he can commit all calmly into his hands. He will feel assured that all will be well; that nothing occurs but that which the wisest and the best Being in the universe sees it best should occur; and that in all which “does” take place he is able to sustain the sufferer. There is nothing so well suited to make the mind calm as trust in God. What has a man to be afraid of who does trust in him? Compare Psalms 27:3; Psalms 46:2; Psalms 56:3;...

EXPOSITION IN this "complementary psalm" the writer sets forth the blessedness of the true worshipper of God. He is blessed in his seed (Psalms 112:2), in his possessions (Psalms 112:3) in his unchanging goodness (Psalms 112:3, Psalms 112:9), in the light vouchsafed him (Psalms 112:4), in his many virtues (Psalms 112:4), in his management of affairs (Psalms

HE SHALL NOT BE AFRAID OF EVIL TIDINGS,.... Either respecting things temporal; the death of friends, loss of substance, public calamities, wars and rumours of wars, commotions, confusions, convulsions, and revolutions in states, kingdoms, and nations, Psalms 46:1 or things spiritual; such as are brought to him by Satan; that he is an hypocrite, and the root of the matter is not in him; for he knows him to be a liar, and the father of lies; or by his own unbelieving heart: or what will befall the churches of Christ, and the interest of religion, in the latter day; as that the outward court shall be given to the Gentiles; that the witnesses shall be slain, and an hour of temptation shall come upon all the earth; and such a time of tribulation as has not yet been; for he knows that the saints, will be kept in it, and carried through it, and glorious times will follow. Or, "he shall no

TRUSTING (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

Psalms 112 Hallelujah! The Righteous are Blessed The second Hallelujah Psalm tells of blessedness of the righteous in the day the Lord is enthroned. It is preeminently Israel. His seed will be mighty upon the earth--wealth and riches will be in their house. And the righteous character, their righteous acts are given. “He hath dispersed, He hath given to the poor.” While this is done by the Jews even today in their unbelief, what will it be in the day they know Him and worship the King? See Paul's answer in Romans 11:12. The desire of the wicked is then perished. Righteousness reigns....

PSS. CXI. AND CXII. These are sister Pss. as is shown by their structure. Each contains nine verses. Each verse has two lines, each line beginning with a letter of the alphabet in due succession. We have thus eighteen lines, so that we get eighteen letters of the acrostic in all. To get twenty-one lines in each, corresponding to the number of letters in the alphabet, the author or authors added at the end of each Ps. a verse with three lines, which is precisely the number wanted. The Hallelujah at the beginning of each is a later liturgical addition which destroys the acrostic. Psalms 111 is chiefly occupied with the greatness and goodness of Yahweh. Psalms 112 finds its theme chiefly in the corresponding truth, viz. the happiness of the godly. CXI. PSALMS 111:2. SOUGHT OUT: to be sought out would be better....

EVIL TIDINGS. Hebrew "evil hearing"; put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for whatever bad news may be heard. TRUSTING. confiding. Hebrew. _bat_. _h_. See App-69. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....