He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
He that walketh uprightly, х taamiym (H8549)] - sincerely, without guile or hypocrisy, in worshipping God, and loving one's neighbour: the opposite of a "double heart" (Psalms 12:2).
And worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. As "walketh uprightly" referred to the general character, so this clause refers to uprightness in one's works and one's speech. The grace of God is presupposed, as it is the only source whence a holy walk can flow. The duties of the second table-namely, those which relate to one's neighbour-are specified, because men have many ways of feigning to discharge the duties of the first-namely, those which relate to God. Hypocrites, by ritual services, may feign faith, but their temper, works, and words toward their fellow-men, betray their hypocrisy. The righteousness toward man which this psalm requires is shown to be such as flows from faith working by love, by the expression, "speaketh the truth in his heart." Where the heart speaks the language of love, there the grace of the Spirit must have regenerated the man; because the natural man does not have within himself purity, spirituality, and truth, however kindly he is in many of his words and acts.