John Wesley on Psalms 112
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Psalms112:3
Righteousness - The fruit or reward of his righteousness, which is God's blessing upon his estate.
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Psalms112:4
Darkness - In the troubles and calamities of life. He - The upright man.
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Psalms112:5
Lendeth - Gives freely to some, and lends to others according to the variety of their conditions. Affairs - His domestick affairs. Discretion - Not getting his estate unjustly, nor casting it away prodigally, nor yet withholding it from such as need it.
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Psalms112:6
Moved - Though he may for a season be afflicted, yet he shall not be eternally destroyed.
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Psalms112:7
Evil tidings - At the report of approaching calamities.
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Psalms112:9
Dispersed - His goods, freely and liberally. Righteousness - His liberality, or the reward of it. Ever - What he gives is not lost, but indeed is the only part of his estate, which will abide with him to all eternity.
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Psalms112:10
The desire - Either of the misery of good men; or of his own constant prosperity.
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Psalms112:2
Generation - The posterity.
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