“And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.”
The concluding affirmation that the righteous will be glad in God and rejoice articulates the joy and vindication that the righteous experience when they see God's justice executed. The reference to upright in heart indicates that those characterized by integrity and honesty will rejoice; their uprightness is vindicated. This verse closes the psalm with the assertion that the vindication of justice produces joy and peace for those who have suffered.
Church Fathers on Psalms 64:9
1. Though chiefly the Lord's Passion is noticed in this Psalm, neither could the Martyrs have been strong, unless they had beheld Him, that first suffered; nor such things would they have endured in suffering, as He did, unless they had hoped for such things in the Resurrection as He had showed of Himself: but your Holiness knows that our Head is our Lord Jesus Christ, and that all that cleave unto Him are the members of Him the Head ....And let no one say, that now-a-days in…
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