2 Corinthians 9:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad. — The words are quoted from the LXX. version of Psalms 112:9. At first it might almost seem as if they were quoted in a different sense from the original, and applied, not to the giver of alms, but to God as the giver of all good, dispersing His bounty and showing His righteousness. There are, however, sufficient grounds for taking them in their true meaning here also. “The good man gives to the poor,” the Psalmist had said; “but he is not impoverished by his gifts. His righteousness” (the word is used as it perhaps is in the better text in Matthew 6:1 — but see Note there — in the sense of alms-giving) “continues still and for ever.” He can, i.e., go on giving from a constantly replenished store. That this is the meaning is shown by 2 Corinthians 9:3 of the Psalm: “Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness endureth for ever:” the latter clause corresponding to the former, according to the laws of parallelism in Hebrew poetry.