HAlelu-jah] or, Praise ye the LORD. This [unspec 1] Psalme setteth out the praises of the godly man; and is composed after the order of the He∣brew Alphabet, even as the former 111. Psalme, with which in many things it is to be compared.
Vers. 2. his seed] his children, as Psal. 21. 11. [unspec 2] Levit. 21. 17. So the Chaldee saith, his sonnes shall be mighty in the Law. the generation] their progenie, as Deut. 29. 22. Iob 42. 16. or, the na∣tion, (the multitude) of righteous men: see Psal. 12. 8. and 14. 5.
Vers. 3. Wealth] or store of riches, sufficiency of [unspec 3] wealth gathered with labour and industry: the Hebrew Hon signifieth also sufficiency, Prov. 30. 15. standeth] that is, continueth, abideth, as Psal. 111. 3. where the very same is spoken of God. So after, vers. 9.
Vers. 4. light ariseth] or springeth up, properly as [unspec 4] the Sunne riseth, Mal. 4. 2. Light signifieth com∣fort, peace, joy, &c. as darknesse, affliction, Iob 30. 26. Esth. 8. 16. Psal. 107. 10. Lam. 3. 2. And so in Religion, Act. 26. 18, 23. Rom. 2. 19. 2 Cor. 4. 6. Compare this sentence with Esa. 58. 10. Exod. 10. 23. and the contrary, Iob 38. 15. gracious] this may be understood of God, thus; from him that is gracious, &c. as Psal. 111. 4. or of the godly man,