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2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Psalms 112:2

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

  • And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

  • The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

  • For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

  • His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

The psalmist begins with a call to us to praise God, but immediately applies himself to praise the people of God; for whatever glory is acknowledged to be on them it comes from God, and must return to him; as he is their praise, so they are his. We have reason to praise the Lord that there are a people in the world who fear him and serve him, and that they are a happy people, both which are owing…

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