Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Ver. 1. Praise ye the Lord] See Psalms 111:1 .
Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord] That obediently feareth him as said before, Psalms 111:10; that feareth the Lord, as Abraham did, Genesis 22:12, who is the blessed man here described, say the Jewish doctors (Midrash Tillin in Psa 112:1-10), because he kept the whole law from Aleph to Tau (this psalm also is alphabetical, as the former) with his whole heart, delighting in God's commandments, and hastening to fulfil them; as when he left his country, circumcised his family, sacrificed his son.
That delighteth greatly in his commandments] And thereby showeth that his fear of God is filial and amicable, not base and servile, which ever carrieth torment along with it; and he that so feareth is not made perfect in love, 1 John 4:18; cannot but hate him whom he so feareth, for Quem metuunt oderunt.