Psalms 112:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

A good man. — Rather, happy is the man who gives and lends, good being here not used in a moral sense, but meaning prosperous.

He will guide... — Rather, he will gain his cause: in (the) judgment. So apparently the LXX. and Vulg. Others, “he will sustain his affairs by justice.” The verb primarily means “to measure,” but in the conjugation here used has the sense of “sustains.” (See Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:12; Genesis 1:21, where the Authorised Version has “nourish.”) The meaning is confirmed by the parallelism of the next verse.

Psalms 112:5

5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.b