For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. "Findeth me," after long "watching daily at my gates (Proverbs 8:34). It is God really who gives, though we are said to find; because we must seek with all our energy, as if all depended on our earnestness. 'Life" - Hebrew, 'lives;' namely, that of the present world and the world to come. He who seeks so as to find, "shall obtain" - literally, shall draw forth х puwq (H6329)], as in a continuous stream, a blessing heretofore hidden, but now granted, at once precious and abundant (Gejer) - namely, the "favour of the Lord," including in it every other blessing (cf. Deuteronomy 33:23, "Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord;" Psalms 5:12, "With favour wilt thou compass him (the righteous) as with a shield;" also especially Psalms 145:16; Psalms 145:19).