Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 112:4

4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness : he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

And although he is subject to the troubles and calamities of this life, as others are, yet God will give him support and comfort in them, and an happy issue out of them, whereas the wicked sink under their burdens, and their present miseries usher in their eternal destruction.

Either, 1. God. And so this is added as a reason why God causeth light to shine to the upright out of darkness, because the Lord is gracious, &c. Or rather, 2. the good or upright man, of whom he speaks both in the foregoing and following words. So this is either, 1. a reason why God dealeth thus with good men; it is not from a partial and fond affection to them, but because they are such persons to whom God hath ingaged himself by promise and Covenant to bless them, they are gracious, &c. Or, 2. as an effect of their affliction and deliverance out of it; thereby they learn to be more merciful and compassionate and just or bountiful to others in want and misery.

Marginal references: Psal. 97. 11.