Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord - literally, 'Oh the blessednesses of the man whom thou dost admonish!' (as in Psalms 94:10, note) Those who give themselves up to the Lord's monitions are contrasted with the "brutish among the people," who listen to the infidel and paganish scoffs (Psalms 94:7), "The Lord shall not see."
And teachest him out of thy law - thy revealed "law;" a teaching raised in point of clearness, fullness, and blessedness far above the natural law written on the conscience alluded to (Psalms 94:10) in the case of the pagan, 'He that admonishes the pagan ... He that teacheth man knowledge.' For the fall, man's innate corruption, and sinful practice have greatly perverted even conscience, so that it only partially now witnesses for God and His law. The revealed "law" is the fountain out of which the Holy Spirit draws the waters of life for man's spiritual teaching. The use of it referred to here (see Psalms 94:13). is to comfort God's people by its sure promises of "rest" to them, when the pit of destruction shall swallow the wicked, (Leviticus 26:1-46; Deuteronomy 32:1.)