Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 106:3
Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
3. From the thought of the mercy and the might of Jehovah which are the ground of Israel’s hope, the Psalmist passes to the conditions of participation in the blessing for which he looks. Happy those who obey the Divine command, given in view of the near approach of Jehovah’s Advent to redeem, “Keep judgement, and do righteousness” (Isa 56:1): who repent, and bring forth fruits worthy of their repentance, conforming their conduct to the demands and will of God. Cp. Psa 105:45.
he that doeth ] Probably we should read they that do ( for , with LXX and other Versions).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Blessed are they that keep judgment – They are blessed, for their conduet is right, and it leads to happiness. The Hebrew is, the keepers of judgment; that is, they who observe the rules of justice in their conduct, or who are governed by the principles of integrity.
And he that doeth righteousness at all times – All who yield obedience to just law – whether a nation or an individual. The psalm is designed to illustrate this by contrast; that is, by showing, in the conduct of the Hebrew people, the consequences of disobedience, and thus impliedly what would have been, and what always must be, the consequences of the opposite course. Compare Psa 15:1-5.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 3. Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.] How near do the Anglo-Saxon, the ancient Scottish Version, and the present translation, approach to each other!
Anglo-Saxon. [A.S.]. “Blessed they that holdeth doom, and doth righteousness in ilkere tide.”
Anglo-Scottish. Blisful tha that kepes dome, and duse rightwisnes in ilk tyme.
Those are truly blessed, or happy, whose hearts are devoted to God, and who live in the habit of obedience. Those, the general tenor of whose life is not conformed to the will of God, have no true happiness.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
That keep judgment; that observe and practise what is just and right towards God and men; which in the next clause he calls
doing righteousness. At all times; in adversity as well as in prosperity. And this clause may belong either,
1. To the last foregoing words, that doeth righteousness at all times, constantly and perpetually; or rather,
2. To the first words, they are blessed at all times, even in the day of their calamity, which therefore ought not to hinder us from this great and just duty of praising God. And so this verse coheres with the former.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
3. The blessing is limited tothose whose principles and acts are right. How “blessed”Israel would be now, if he had “observed God’s statutes”(Ps 105:45).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Blessed are they that keep judgment,…. Or “observe” k it; the righteous judgment of God on wicked men; by which he is known in his justice, holiness, truth, and faithfulness; and by which the inhabitants of the earth observing it, learn to do righteousness, as follows: or else it may intend the word of God, his laws, statutes, and ordinances, after called his judgments, Ps 19:9, which should be observed and kept, as the rule of our actions, walk, and conversation.
[And] he that doeth righteousness at all times; continually believes in Christ for righteousness, and puts on that as his justifying righteousness; whereby he becomes righteous as he is, 1Jo 3:7, and performs acts of righteousness from a principle of grace, as a fruit of regeneration, and an evidence of it, 1Jo 2:29, that does it with right views, aims, and ends; not to be justified and saved by it, but because God requires it; and it is for his glory, and to testify subjection to him, and thankfulness for favours received from him. And this is to be done at all times; we should never be weary of well doing, but be always abounding in good works; and happy are those that will be found so doing, such are “blessed” persons: not that their blessedness lies in or arises from righteousness done by them; but this is descriptive of such that are blessed in Christ with the remission of sins, and his justifying righteousness. And these are the proper persons to show forth the mighty acts and praise of the Lord; they are most capable of it, and more likely to perform it with acceptance than any other; see
Ps 50:14.
k “observarent”, Junius Tremellius “observantium”, Gejerus.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment I make a distinction between this and the preceding verse, and yet so as to preserve the connection between them. For the prophet, having declared the magnitude of God’s power to be such that no tongue could utter all its praises, now says, that the praises of the lip merely are not acceptable to God, but that the concurrence of the heart is indispensable, nay, that even the whole of our deportment must be in unison with this exercise. Now, when he first commands to keep judgment, and then to work righteousness, he gives us a short description of genuine godliness. I have no doubt, that in the former clause he describes the sincere affection of the heart, and that, in the latter, he refers to external works. For we know, there is nothing but the mere shadow of righteousness, unless a man cordially devote himself to the practice of honesty. He requires perseverance, too, that no one may imagine that he has discharged this duty properly, excepting he whose constant and continued aim it is to live righteously and justly. We behold not a few who have only an empty profession; others show some signs of virtue, but do not maintain a consistent course of conduct.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
3. Blessed The psalmist describes the character of the man upon whom will abide true happiness, namely, he who keeps judgment and righteousness the act and the principle of rectitude at all times.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 106:3. Blessed are they that keep judgment This seems to be spoken upon a view of what they had suffered from their sins. “Happy they, who, by a constant tenor of obedience, never provoke God to punish!” Mudge.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 106:3 Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Ver. 3. Blessed are they that keep judgment, &c. ] That are of right principles and upright practices; this is real and substantial praising of God. Thanks doing is the proof of thanksgiving; and the good life of the thankful is the life of thankfulness. Those that say God a-thank only, and no more, are not only contumelious, but injurious.
And he that doth righteousness
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Blessed = Oh how happy! Figure of speech Beatitude. App-63.
he that doeth. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “they that do”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Blessed: Psa 1:1-3, Psa 84:11, Psa 84:12, Psa 119:1-3, Mar 3:35, Luk 6:47-49, Luk 11:28, Joh 13:17, Joh 15:14, Jam 1:25, Rev 7:15, Rev 22:14
keep: Psa 119:106, Isa 56:1, Isa 56:2, Jer 22:15, Jer 22:16, Luk 11:42, Joh 14:21-23
doeth: Psa 15:2, Psa 119:44, Isa 64:5, Eze 18:21, Eze 18:22, Luk 1:74, Luk 1:75, Act 24:16, Rom 2:7, Gal 6:9, Rev 22:14
at all times: Psa 119:20, Psa 119:112, Deu 5:19, Deu 11:1
Reciprocal: Deu 5:29 – keep all Deu 28:1 – If thou shalt Jos 22:5 – take Psa 15:5 – He that doeth Psa 32:1 – Blessed Isa 26:8 – in Isa 33:15 – that walketh 1Jo 2:5 – whoso 1Jo 3:7 – he that
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
106:3 Blessed [are] they that {b} keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
(b) He shows that it is not enough to praise God with the mouth, unless the whole heart agrees to it, and all our life framed after it.