A good man sheweth favour, &c.— A man that sheweth favour and lendeth, shall do well. He shall support his matters in judgment, Psalms 112:6. For he shall never be shaken, &c. Mudge: who observes, that it seems agreeable to the language to make טוב tob, good, the predicate in the first clause; "a generous man shall look cheerful, and enjoy himself;" and in the second, it is natural to say that he shall support his matters in judgment. Absalom used the same expression; thy matters are right: It is a common sentiment, that the righteous shall stand in judgment; shall carry his cause, because by his goodness he has made God and man his friends. Fenwick, agreeably to his idea of the psalm, renders the clause thus:
This kind communicative man's our joy; He in the judgment will his cause maintain,