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Salmos 112:4
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Luz resplandece en las tinieblas para el que es recto; El es clemente, compasivo y justo.
En las tinieblas resplandece luz a los rectos: �l es clemente, misericordioso y justo.
Zain Resplandeci� en las tinieblas luz a los rectos; Chet clemente, y misericordioso, y justo.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
there ariseth: Psalms 37:6, Psalms 97:11, Job 11:17, Isaiah 50:10, Isaiah 58:10, Micah 7:8, Micah 7:9, Malachi 4:2, John 12:46
he is gracious: Psalms 106:1, Luke 6:36, 2 Corinthians 8:8, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 5:1, Ephesians 5:2, Ephesians 5:9, Ephesians 5:15, Colossians 3:12, Colossians 3:13
righteous: Titus 2:11, Titus 2:12, 1 John 2:29, 1 John 3:7, 1 John 3:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:29 - my son Exodus 34:6 - merciful 2 Samuel 22:29 - lighten Job 22:28 - the light Psalms 18:25 - With the Psalms 18:28 - thou wilt Psalms 111:4 - full Psalms 116:5 - Gracious Proverbs 2:21 - General Proverbs 11:17 - merciful Proverbs 13:9 - light Proverbs 28:20 - faithful Isaiah 58:8 - thy light Ezekiel 18:7 - hath given Micah 6:8 - love Zechariah 14:6 - not Matthew 1:19 - a just Matthew 5:7 - are
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness,.... Upright ones are sometimes in the darkness of affliction, under divine desertions, without spiritual joy, and in an uncomfortable condition; when on a sudden light arises to them, like break of day, or the morning light: they have deliverance from affliction, and enjoy prosperity; the light of God's countenance is lifted up on them; the sun of righteousness arises upon them with healing in his wings; and spiritual joy and comfort are communicated unto them. It may denote the comforts the people of God have amidst their afflictions and troubles, even while they are in them; and the light they enjoy, while darkness is round about others, like the children of Israel in Egypt: or the suddenness of deliverance from adversity, temporal or spiritual; weeping endures for a night, joy comes in the morning, and at evening time it is light, Psalms 30:5.
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous; that is, the Lord is so. Thus the Arabic version,
"the Lord God is merciful and bountiful;''
and the Ethiopic version,
"merciful and compassionate is the Lord, and righteous is our King.''
And because God is the God of all grace, and is able to make it abound to his people, and is compassionate to them in distress, and is just and faithful to his promises; therefore he causes light to arise to them in darkness; and which, on such account, they may believe and expect; see Micah 7:8. Some understand this of the upright man and of his character; that he is "gracious", kind, and bountiful; that he is "full of compassion", tenderhearted, and shows mercy to distressed objects; and is righteous, through Christ, and lives soberly and righteously. This sense agrees both with what goes before, and follows after.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Unto the upright - The just; the pious; the man who fears God.
There ariseth light in the darkness - This is a new form of the blessing which follows the fear of the Lord, or another of the benefits which spring from true religion, and by which the pious man is distinguished from other people. The distinction is not that days of darkness will not come upon him as well as upon others, for he may be sick as others are, he may be bereaved as others are, he may lose his property as others do - since there are general laws that affect mankind in these respects. God has not promised that he will interpose to save his people from these things, but that he will save them in them. The peculiarity in regard to those who fear God is, that these things will not always continue; that they shall not be overwhelmed by them; that it will not be uninterrupted and unmitigated gloom; that the sky shall not be always overcast. Compare Psalms 97:11, note; Job 11:17, note.
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous - These words are designed to be applied to the “upright” man, and are intended more fully to designate his character, and to show “why” light shall spring up to him when he is in darkness. It is because his character is “really” pure and holy, so that whatever cloud may come over it for a time, however it may be temporarily obscured, however he may be calumniated by men, or however God may for a time seem to forsake him and to treat him as if he were a bad man, yet ultimately his character will appear as it really is. Light will come in upon the darkness. The clouds will break away. The prejudices against him will be dispersed. Full justice will be done to his character both by man and by God, and the world will see that he is a just and pious man. See the notes at Psalms 37:5-6. Every man will ultimately be seen as he is; every man will attain the position, and have the reputation which he “ought” to have.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 112:4. There ariseth light in the darkness — The upright are always happy; and when tribulations come, God lifts up the light of his countenance upon him, and causes all occurences to work together for his good.
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. — He enjoys the favour of God; that grace makes him compassionate; and in the general tenor of his conduct he is righteous. From these principles he shows favour (Psalms 112:5) to him that needs it; that is, to the real poor he gives of his substance; and others he obliges by lending, they not being utterly in want, but standing in need only of a little present help. But he takes heed to whom he gives and to whom he lends; that in the first case his bounty may be well applied, and in the second he may not oblige the person who only seeks, under the notion of a loan, to appropriate the money borrowed. To prevent evils of this kind he acts prudently, and guides his affairs with discretion, Psalms 112:5.
