Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness - (Psalms 97:11.) Here the Psalmist holds out hope to the downcast people in their distress after their return from Babylon. Compare Esther 8:16; Psalms 107:10-14: contrast Job 30:26; Lamentations 3:2.
(He is) gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous - attributes usually applied to God, but here said of "the upright." The children of God, knowing in their own experience that God our Father is 'gracious, full of compassion, and righteous,' seek themselves to be the same toward their fellowmen from instinctive imitation of Him (Matthew 5:45; Matthew 5:48; Ephesians 5:1-2; Luke 6:36).