The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 112:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness. God's Word is "a lantern unto their feet, and a light unto their paths" (Psalms 119:105)—sufficient under most circumstances to guide their steps aright.

When this is not enough, he vouchsafes an inward light to them (Psalms 27:1; Psalms 36:9; Isaiah 58:10; Isaiah 49:6, etc.). He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. It is a very forced interpretation to understand this as said of Jehovah.

The entire subject of the psalm is the righteous, God-like man. In him are reflected shadows of all the Divine qualities.

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