Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 32:11
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.
11. Cp. Psa 5:11; Psa 33:1; Neh 8:10; Php 3:1; Php 4:4; 1Th 5:16. All kindred spirits must share the joy of a pardoned soul, and rejoice in the contemplation of God’s gracious dealings with His people.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Be glad in the Lord – Rejoice in the Lord. Rejoice that there is a God; rejoice that he is such as he is; rejoice in his favor; find your joy – your supreme joy – in him. Compare Phi 3:1, note; Phi 4:4, note.
Ye righteous – You who are willing to go to him and confess your sins; you who are willing to serve and obey him. See the notes at Psa 32:6. The meaning is, that those who are disposed to confess their sins, and are willing to submit to him without being compelled by force, as the horse and the mule are, will find occasion for rejoicing. They will find a God who is worthy of their love, and they will find true happiness in him.
And shout for joy – Give expression to your joy. Let it not remain merely in the heart; but give it utterance in the language of song. If any of the dwellers on earth have occasion for the loud utterances of praise, they are those who are redeemed; whose sins are forgiven; who have the hope of heaven. If there is any occasion when the heart should be full of joy, and when the lips should give forth loud utterances of praise, it is when one pressed down with the consciousness of guilt, and overwhelmed with the apprehensions of wrath, makes confession to God, and secures the hope of heaven.
All ye that are upright in heart – That is, who are sincere in your confession of sin, and in your desires to secure the favor of God. Such have occasion for joy, for to such God will show himself merciful, as He did to the psalmist when He made confession of sin; to such God will give the tokens of his favor, and the hope of heaven, as he did to him. The experience of the psalmist, therefore, as recorded in this psalm, should be full of encouragement to all who are burdened with a sense of sin. Warned by his experience, they should not attempt to conceal their transgressions in their own bosom, but they should go at once, as he was constrained at last to go, and make full and free confession to God. So doing, they will find that God is not slow to pardon them, and to fill their hearts with peace, and their lips with praise.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 32:11
Shout for joy, all ye that are upright of heart.
How we rejoice in the Lord
1. When our joy is a fruit of the Spirit of the Lord (Gal 5:22).
2. When it looketh to God and acknowledgeth Him the true God, and in His Son whom He hath sent, His God reconciled, appeased, and well pleased (Rom 5:1). Our prophet here calls the righteous to rejoice upon this ground. When a man rejoiceth in Gods favour, forgiving sin, and in fellowship with God and Jesus Christ, then he rejoiceth in the Lord.
3. When it respecteth the special pledges of Gods favour, as the works of regeneration, the happy change we find in ourselves, the shining and beautiful graces of Gods Holy Spirit, with the daily increase of them: thus to rejoice in the Lords image renewed, is to rejoice in the Lord Himself.
4. When our joy is set upon Gods ordinances and Word, in which the Lord revealeth Himself, and communicateth Himself more freely unto us, when in them we get a faster hold of God, and grow up into further fellowship with Him, especially when His gracious promises feed our hearts, and we rejoice in His truth and faithfulness, making them good not only to others, but also to our own selves.
5. When we rejoice in the hope of eternal glory, both in soul and body (Rom 5:3). Hoping and expecting and rejoicing that we shall fully enjoy Him as He is, and drink freely of that water of life, which we have already tasted. (T. Taylor, D. D.)
All ye that are upright in heart.—
Upright in heart
If you carry a line from the circumference, to the circumference again, as a diameter, it passes the centre, it flows from the centre, it looks to the centre both ways. God is the centre; the lines above and the lines below still respect and regard the centre; whether I do any action honest in the sight of men, or any action acceptable to God, whether I do things belonging to this life or to the next, still I must pass all through the centre, and direct all to the glory of God, and keep my heart right, without variation towards Him. For as I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and justifiable reason of my good actions: so I must do nothing for my salvation hereafter, merely for the love I bear to mine own soul, though that also be one good and justifiable reason of that action; but the primary reason in both, as well the actions that establish a good name, as the actions that establish eternal life, must be the glory of God. (J. Donne, D. D.)
Notes of uprightness
1. That is right which is tried so to be by a right line, and stands in correspondence unto it: the right line is Gods Word, the precepts of the Lord are right (Psa 19:8), and then the heart is upright, when it is made straight by the Word, and is squared in all things by it. Every man boasts of the rightness and goodness of his heart, that cares but a little for Gods Word.
2. A right line doth ever discover that which is crooked; a good sign of a right heart is to discover, but not without true sorrow, the crookedness and hypocrisy of it, and to labour to correct and reform it (Psa 119:80). Let my heart be upright in Thy statutes, that I be not ashamed: a right line shames a crooked; crooked legs are ashamed to be seen: when a man fears, and is ashamed of his hypocrisy and crookedness, and ever tendeth to straightness, it is a good note of some rightness of heart.
3. Consider the things which flow from the heart: if they be single and pure, warrantable and right, then a man may know his heart is upright; for such as the fruit is, such is the tree; if thou feedest on forbidden fruit, thou art a bad tree, and thy heart far from uprightness; an upright heart suffereth not rotten speeches in the mouth, idleness in the hand, injustice in the life, drunkenness in the brain, and disorder in the course.
4. Consider the ends and aims of our actions; the upright heart aimeth directly at Gods glory in all things, but the crooked heart pro-poundeth ever some crooked end and sinister respect unto good actions; as many come to church, get knowledge, and profess religion for vain glory and vain ends; some thrust among godly persons, and into good company, not because they are good or would be good, but because they would be thought so.
5. Consider if thy heart be the same in private as it would be thought in public. Abraham walked in uprightness before God according to the commandment (Gen 17:1), how did he reform his house, teach his family, instruct his servants, and take God with him in providing a wife for Isaac, and in all things (Gen 24:63). Isaac was the same in the field as he was in the house; he went out into the field to pray. Daniel was the same after the dangerous law that he was before, he opened his windows thrice a day as he was accustomed. So upright was Paul in his whole course, as he knew nothing by himself(1Co 4:4). (T. Taylor, D. D.)
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Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 11. Be glad – and rejoice] Let every righteous soul rejoice and glory, but let it be in the Lord. Man was made for happiness, but his happiness must be founded on holiness: and holiness, as it comes from God, must be retained by continual union with him. Probably this verse belongs to the next Psalm, and was originally its first verse.
ANALYSIS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND PSALM
This Psalm is doctrinal, and shows the happiness of the man whose sin is pardoned, and who is himself restored to the favour and image of God. It is called maschil, or instruction; and the reason of this is shown at the eighth verse: “I will instruct thee, and teach thee.” In it we have instruction, especially on these three points, which divide the Psalm:-
I. The happy state of a justified person, Ps 32:1-2.
II. The unhappy condition of that man who is not assured that he is justified and reconciled to God, Ps 32:3-4. And the way is prescribed how to gain this assurance, Ps 32:5.
III. A lesson given for obedience after a man is brought into that state, Ps 32:8-9.
I. The prophet first instructs us in what justification consists: –
I. It is a free remission, a covering of sin; a nonimputation of iniquities. 2. In what state a person must be in order to obtain it. He must be honest, sincere, and upright in heart; deeply penitent, feeling the guilt of sin, and acknowledging its enormity. He must avoid guile or deceit; and not excuse, palliate, or extenuate his sin, but confess it.
II. This he proves by his own experience: he hid his sin, he confessed it not; and was in consequence, miserable.
1. I held my peace I confessed not. I did not ask pardon: “When I kept silence,” c.
2. I was wounded with the sting of a guilty conscience fears, horrors, troubles of soul, came upon me: “My bones waxed old through my roaring.”
3. And then he shows the way he took to regain happiness; it was a contrary course to that above; he concealed his sin no longer. 1. “I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I have not hidden.” 2. “I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.”
Of which the effects were various: –
1. Upon himself. He recovered his happiness in being justified: “Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.”
2. On the whole Church: “For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee.”
3. Comfort in extremities, and safety in the greatest danger: “Surely in the floods of great waters,” in an inundation of calamities, they – the troubles – shall not come nigh him who depends upon God’s goodness and mercy, and is reconciled to him. And he shows the reason from his own experience. God was his Protector: 1. “Thou art my hiding place: thou shalt preserve me from trouble.” 2. “Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.”
III. And now David sets down the duty of a justified person; that he is, after his pardon, obedient to God; and that not out of compulsion, but freely and willingly. In order to this, God condescends to be his Instructor.
1. “I will instruct;” give thee general counsel.
2. “I will guide thee with mine eye.” A good servant needs no stripes; he will observe nutum, the nod, or nicturn heri, the wink of the master. As my eye is always over you, carefully to instruct; so be you as ready to observe it.
3. Be not like beasts: the HORSE, headlong; the MULE, headstrong; “whose mouths must be held in with bit and bridle,” lest they fling, kick, hurt, or kill thee. Constrained obedience is for a beast; free and voluntary obedience, for a man.
4. Besides, to quicken your obedience, I will teach you two reasons. 1. From inconvenience and loss: “Many sorrows shall be to the wicked:” their griefs, troubles and punishments, are many and grievous. Be not, therefore, disobedient like the wicked. 2. From the gain. Your obedience shall be rewarded, and that amply: “He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him round about.” It shall be like the girdle with which he is girded. God will be present with him in his troubles. He shall perceive that he is in favour with God, that his sins are pardoned, and that he is an heir of eternal life.
Upon which he concludes with this exhortation: “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.” For this rejoicing there is great cause; for this doctrine of free remission of sin can alone quiet a guilty conscience. And this pardon can only be obtained by faith in Christ Jesus.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
11. The righteous and upright,or those conforming to the divine teaching for securing the divineblessing, may well rejoice with shouting.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Be glad in the Lord,…. The Targum renders it, “in the Word of the Lord”; in Christ the essential Word; in him as the Lord their righteousness, and because of his righteousness imputed to them, by which they become righteous; and in him as their Saviour and Redeemer, and because of the salvation which he has wrought out for them; see
Isa 61:10;
and rejoice, ye righteous; in the Lord, as before; for this is not a carnal, but spiritual joy, which is here exhorted to, the same as in Php 4:4; and “righteous” ones, who are excited to it, are such who are not righteous in appearance only, or in their own conceit, or by the deeds of the law, or in and of themselves; for there is none righteous this way: but who are made righteous by the obedience of Christ, and are righteousness itself in him; under a sense of which grace they live soberly, righteously, and godly; and these have great reason to rejoice and be glad;
and shout for joy all [ye that are] upright in heart: who have the truth of grace, and the root of the matter in them, oil in the vessels of their hearts, with their lamps; whose faith is unfeigned, whose hope is without hypocrisy, and whose love is without dissimulation; and who worship the Lord in spirit and in truth, and draw nigh to him with true hearts, and call upon him in the simplicity of them; these ought to rejoice, and even shout for joy, because of the grace that is wrought in them, and bestowed upon them, and the glory they shall be partakers of; for both grace and glory are given to these, and no good thing is withheld from them; the end of these upright souls is peace; and when they have done their work, they shall lie down and rest in their beds, and each one shall walk in his uprightness, Ps 84:11.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
After the doctrine of the Psalm has been unfolded in three unequal groups of verses, there follows, corresponding to the brief introduction, a still shorter close, which calls upon those whose happy state is there celebrated, to join in songs of exultant joy.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
11. Be glad in Jehovah. After teaching how ready and accessible true happiness is to all the godly, David, with much reason, exhorts them to gladness. He commands them to rejoice in the Lord, as if he had said, There is nothing to prevent them from assuring themselves of God’s favor, seeing he so liberally and so kindly offers to be reconciled to them. In the meantime, we may observe that this is the incomparable fruit of faith which Paul likewise commends, namely, when the consciences of the godly being quiet and cheerful, enjoy peace and spiritual joy. Wherever faith is lively, this holy rejoicing will follow. But since the world’s own impiety prevents it from participating in this joy, David, therefore, addresses the righteous alone, whom he denominates the upright in heart, to teach us that the external appearance of righteousness which pleases men is of no avail in the sight of God. But how does he call those righteous, whose whole happiness consists in the free mercy of God not imputing their sins to them? I answer, that none others are received into favor but those who are dissatisfied with themselves for their sins, and repent with their whole heart; not that this repentance merits pardon, but because faith can never be separated from the spirit of regeneration. When they have begun to devote themselves to God, he accepts the upright disposition of their hearts equally as if it were pure and perfect; for faith not only reconciles a man to God, but also sanctifies whatever is imperfect in him, so that by the free grace of God, he becomes righteous who could never have obtained so great a blessing by any merit of his own.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
7). He Calls On All The Righteous To Be Glad In YHWH, and For Those Who Are Upright In Heart To Shout for Joy.
Psa 32:11
‘Be glad in YHWH, and rejoice, you righteous,
And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.’
The Psalm finishes with a joyous call for all who are His to be glad in Him and to rejoice with shouting. Note their description as ‘the righteous’ (covenant-keepers) and ‘upright’. There is no such call to those who are still in their sins. For this idea of rampant rejoicing compare Psa 5:11; Psa 33:1; Neh 8:10; Php 3:1; Php 4:4; 1Th 5:16.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Psa 32:11. Be glad in the Lord Bishop Hare supposes that this verse belongs to the next psalm, because it has no connection with the foregoing verse, or any part of this psalm; but if placed at the beginning of the next, the two first verses agree very well together, and correspond with great propriety. As a further support of this conjecture, it may be observed, that almost throughout that psalm the verses are exegetical, containing the same or a similar sense; whence it is likewise probable, that this psalm was performed in parts by two divisions of the choir. See Bishop Hare and Mudge.
REFLECTIONS.1st, We have here,
1. A declaration of the rich grace of God, made to returning sinners in Christ, and the blessedness thence accruing. Their transgression is forgiven, be it never so great, never so aggravated, never so long persisted in; their sin is covered; the blood of Jesus blots out the dread account; their iniquity is not imputed, no charge lieth against them, because he who knew no sin, was purely spotless in himself, hath become sin for them, and has borne all the wrath, which was the wages of sin, that they might be made the righteousness of God in him; might be, as considered in him, treated as righteous persons, who never had offended: these are blessed; no terrors of conscience dismay them, no fear of death need trouble them, nor any dread of judgment distress them; for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. Such is their privilege, and their practice is answerable thereto: in their spirit there is no guile; the same grace which justifies the guilty sanctifies the unholy: they are blessed with simplicity of heart before God, and yield themselves up to the guidance of his word and Spirit.
2. He describes his miserable state, while sin reigned in him and over him; God’s hand was heavy upon him in some violent disease, which parched up his body as the drought in summer; and the anguish made his very bones wax old, he appeared so emaciated thereby. Note; (1.) Miserable is the state of the impenitent sinner. (2.) However severe the scourge which drives us to God, we have abundant reason to kiss the rod.
3. At length his silence broke, and he spoke with his tongue in penitent confession; with deep and unfeigned humiliation laying bare his bosom before the heart-searching God, and desiring to hide none of his transgressions. Note; (1.) It is a blessed symptom when the sinner is brought to his knees. (2.) They who are truly awakened by God’s Spirit, desire to take shame to themselves; not palliating their offences, but in their aggravated guilt acknowledging and lamenting them.
4. While he was speaking God, heard and pardoned. I said I will confess, &c. and (possibly ere the purpose was formed into a prayer) thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin, sealed the pardon to my conscience. Note; (1.) All who come to God in Christ, will find him readier to pardon than we to pray; what an encouragement to the chief of sinners! (2.) It is not our penitence, or our prayers, but God’s free grace, to which alone we are indebted.
2nd, They who have a pardoning God cannot but rejoice in hope.
1. David professes his confidence in God, and his expectations from him. Thou, the bleeding lamb of God, whose wounds are open for me, thou art my hiding-place, whither my poor and sinful soul hath fled, and where it lies secure from all the accusations of conscience, the charges of Satan, and the fears of wrath: there no trouble can approach, but songs of deliverance compass me about, for guilt pardoned, for corruption subdued, for heaven opened. Note; They who have fled to Jesus for refuge have found matter for eternal praise.
2. By sweet experience he can now teach others the way to rest and peace, and pardon and joy unspeakable. I will instruct thee, &c. will point the path that I myself have trod; and in which whoever walks will find the same blessedness. Note; (1.) They who speak from experience will preach most effectually. (2.) A teachable spirit is the way to true wisdom. (3.) God’s word and ministers, under the blessing of the Spirit, are our appointed guides, and we must hear them.
3. He warns the obstinate and incorrigible of their approaching misery, and cautions them to avoid it. They must not, like brute beasts, be slaves to their appetites, nor refractory against the divine word and warnings; for then their sorrows would be multiplied, and their torments insupportable and endless.
4. He encourages the faithful to adhere to God, and rejoice in him: while they trust in God, his mercy shall compass, his power guard them. Therefore, be glad and rejoice, ye righteous; glory in your privileges, and shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart; ascribe the praise to him to whom you are indebted for all the grace bestowed upon you; and look forward, with holy transport, to the kingdom that he hath provided for you, Amen! Amen.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
DISCOURSE: 548
JOY IN THE LORD INCULCATED
Psa 32:11. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
THERE is in this world, as there will also be in the eternal state, an inconceivable distance between the righteous and the wicked. The Psalmist tells us, that many sorrows shall be to the wicked: and so we find it to be, from universal experience. For, where is there an ungodly man, who does not feel within him an aching void, which the world can never fill? Whose mind is not agitated with tormenting passions, which prove a source of disquiet both to himself and to those around him? Who feels not a consciousness of unpardoned guilt; and a dread of that tribunal, before which he is shortly to appear? On the other hand, the Psalmist assures us, that the man who trusts in the Lord is encompassed with mercy all around: he is happy in the favour of his God, in the subjugation of his passions, in the exercise of all holy affections, and in the prospect of everlasting felicity. Hence he adds, Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart!
That we may enter into the spirit of his words, I will endeavour to set before you,
I.
The character here addressed
The righteous are delineated in the Scriptures, sometimes by one peculiarity, and sometimes by another. The character here assigned them is peculiarly worthy of our consideration, because it is such as the most ungodly man upon earth must, in theory at least, approve. The whole world unites in applauding integrity, as exercised towards man: but here we shall be led to view it as exercised towards God. Now, the upright man is one,
1.
Whose desire after God is supreme
[Nothing ought to stand in competition with God: we should love him with all our heart, and mind, and soul, and strength. More especially should we pant after God as reconciled to us in Christ Jesus, counting all things but loss for the knowledge of him, and saying, with the Psalmist, Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee [Note: Php 3:8. Psa 73:25.] ]
2.
Whose affiance in him is entire
[No man, who has not been taught of God, can conceive how difficult it is to divest ourselves of self-righteousness and self-dependence, These evils cleave more closely to us than the flesh to our bones. When we think that we are freed from them, we shall still find the workings of them in our hearts. But the truly upright person renounces all confidence in the flesh [Note: Php 3:3.]; and, like the Apostle, desires to be found in Christ, not having his own righteousness, which is of the Law, but the righteousness which is of God by faith in Christ. He considers all fulness as treasured up in Him for the use of his Church and people; and from His fulness he desires to receive all the supplies which he stands in need of, whether of wisdom, or righteousness, or sanctification, or redemption.]
3.
Whose devotion to him is unreserved
[The upright has given up himself as a living sacrifice to Christ [Note: Rom 12:1.]. He would not have any lust unmortified; nor would he retain any thing that should stand in competition with his duty. Even life itself is regarded as of no value, in comparison of Christ, and the glory of his name
Any thing less than this is hypocrisy: but to possess this character is to be an Israelite indeed, and without guile.]
To these persons I will now address,
II.
The exhortation
To rejoice in the Lord is your high privilege. Let me, then, exhort you to rejoice in him,
I.
On account of what he has already done for you
[Here I might speak of the sorrows from which you are delivered, and of the mercies with which you are encompassed: but I will rather confine myself to that peculiar blessing vouchsafed to you, the being made upright before God.
Who amongst the children of men ever attained this character by any power of his own? No: whosoever possesses it, must say, He that hath wrought me to the self-same thing, is God [Note: 2Co 5:5.]. Consider, then, how great a blessing this is In comparison of it, crowns and kingdoms would be of no value. For this gift, therefore, you should bless and adore your God with your whole hearts, yea, and shout for joy with your whole souls.]
2.
On account of what he has engaged to do for you
[Would you have stability in life? He has promised it in his blessed word: The righteous shall hold on his way; and he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger [Note: Job 17:9.]. Would you have peace in death? This, also, he has engaged to give: Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace [Note: Psa 37:37.]. Would you have glory in eternity? This, also, shall be your assured portion at the right hand of God [Note: Psa 15:1-2; Psa 24:3-6.]
Is not here, then, abundant cause for joy and thanksgiving? Verily, if you hold your peace, the very stones will cry out against you.]
3.
On account of his sufficiency to fulfil all his engagements
[Whom has Jesus ever suffered to be plucked out of his hands? There is in him no want of power: He is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Nor is he changeable in will: for he is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. Of those whom the Father hath given him, he never has lost any, nor ever will ]
Address,
1.
To those who possess not this character, I would say, Seek to attain it
[Be not satisfied with integrity towards man, but seek to have an upright heart towards God. Let there be no hypocrisy harboured within you. See to it, that your desire after God be really supreme that your affiance in Christ be altogether unmixed with any measure of hope or confidence in yourselves and that your devotion to him be without reserve Cease not, till you have in your own hearts and consciences an evidence that you are thus given up to God: and then may you claim, at his hands, the blessings which he has promised to the upright in heart [Note: Psa 112:2.] But deceive not your own souls. Rest not in false appearances of any kind: but beg of God to make you altogether what he himself will approve.]
2.
To those who possess this character, I would say, Live in the enjoyment of your privilege
[It is your privilege to rejoice even with joy unspeakable and glorified. Be not satisfied with a low and drooping state of mind. Live nigh to God: let your fellowship with him be more intimate and more abiding. It is not his will that your graces should languish, or your joys be at a low ebb. He would rather that your soul, through a sense of his presence, should be ever shouting for joy. See the state of the Church as drawn by the prophet Isaiah [Note: Isa 12:4-6.]: see it as drawn by David also [Note: Psa 98:4-9.]: and let your present life be, as God would have it, an earnest and a foretaste of the heavenly bliss.]
Fuente: Charles Simeon’s Horae Homileticae (Old and New Testaments)
REFLECTIONS
READER! how very gracious the Lord is, in the blessed provision made against the evil effects of sin and iniquity in our poor fallen nature? How sweet is it to feel the effects of grace leading to repentance. But, Reader! let you and I keep in remembrance, that although a gracious God in Christ, when we confess our transgressions, will forgive the iniquity of our sin; yet this pardon ariseth not for our repentance and confessions, but for the sake of Christ the Lamb of God, who hath taken away sin by the sacrifice of himself. It is not our tears, our repentance, our sorrow, our confession, which entitle us to mercy; for what glory, or what recompense to God’s righteous laws, which we have broken by sin, can the Lord find from these and ten thousand more of our endeavours to restore the honour of his holiness and his glory, which by us is impossible? Surely, if we think at all, we cannot but conclude, that there is nothing in us, or in our greatest exertions, which can satisfy divine justice, when we ourselves are altogether as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses as filthy rags. But it is Jesus, in his holiness and covenant righteousness, it is his blood which cleanseth, and his obedience which justifieth, without any other procuring cause on our part, and which brings us, into a state of acceptance before God. Reader! are you fully established in these truths? Then will you enter into a real, heartfelt enjoyment of the blessedness this Psalm speaks of. It is indeed, most blessed, when in Christ we behold righteousness imputed to us, who are poor sinners in ourselves: and it is most blessed when the load of guilt is taken away, and the sin of our souls is so completely covered, that, like the sin of Judah, though written by nature as with a pen of iron, and graven upon the tablet of the heart, yet, by grace in Christ, when sought for, it shall not be found. God saith I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more. Blessed Jesus! in thee these blessings alone we find. Thou art the Lord our righteousness. Clothe me, holy Lord, with thy garment of salvation, and cover me with the robe of thy righteousness; then will mercy indeed compass me about, and my soul will shout for joy with all the upright in heart.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.
Ver. 11. Be glad in the Lord ] Joy is the just man’s portion. A pardoned sinner, as Psa 32:1-2 , is here called upon (in a use of consolation) to be as merry as mirth can make him; for what should all such a one? as we say of a rich man. Viscount Lisle, in Henry VIII’s time, died for joy of an unexpected pardon. But what was that to God’s pardon of all sins?
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Be glad: Psa 33:1, Psa 64:10, Psa 68:3, Psa 97:12, Deu 12:12, 1Sa 2:1, Rom 5:11, Phi 3:1, Phi 3:3, Phi 4:4
shout: Psa 5:11, Psa 97:1, Psa 98:4, Ezr 3:11-13, Zec 4:7
upright: Psa 32:2, Psa 125:4
Reciprocal: Deu 12:18 – rejoice 2Ch 7:10 – glad 2Ch 15:15 – rejoiced 2Ch 29:30 – they sang Job 8:21 – rejoicing Psa 11:2 – the upright Psa 30:4 – Sing Psa 33:21 – For Psa 100:1 – Make Psa 104:34 – I will be Psa 118:15 – voice Psa 140:13 – Surely Psa 145:10 – and thy saints Joe 2:23 – rejoice Luk 2:28 – and Act 20:27 – all Heb 10:22 – a true
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and {k} rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.
(k) He shows that peace and joy of conscience in the Holy Spirit is the fruit of faith.