He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
He shall receive the blessing - `He shall take the blessing from the Lord,' even as 'he hath not taken his soul unto vanity' (note, Psalms 24:4). A tacit refutation of the idea of inherent efficacy in the benedictions, whether of the priest or the king (2 Samuel 6:18), independently of the religious state, of the persons.
Righteousness. "The blessing" is parallel to "righteousness." It is a blessed, gift of grace, not a debt due to the righteous. "The God of his salvation" having first freely justified him by Messiah's imputed righteousness, then imparts to him the inherent righteousness of sanctification, and finally shall bestow "the crown of righteousness" (2 Timothy 2:8), whereby righteousness shall be made its own reward (Revelation 22:11, end).