Psalms 147:11

“The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, etc.] With a filial and godly fear; that serve and worship him, privately and publicly, with reverence and love: as, appears by the goodness he lays up for them; the good things he communicates to them; the discoveries of his love, covenant, and grace, they have from him; the guard he sets about them; his eye of providence and grace over them; and his heart full of love, pity, and compassion to them; (see <193318>Psalm 33:18); in those that hope in his mercy; not general, but special; not in the absolute mercy of God, but as displayed in Christ; and great encouragement there is to hope in it, from the plenty of it in his heart, from the…”

“The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him - In those who truly worship him, however humble, poor, and unknown to people they may be; however unostentatious, retired, unnoticed may be their worship. Not in the “pride, pomp, and circumstance of war” is his pleasure; not in the march of armies; not in the valor of the battlefield; not in scenes where “the garments of the warrior are rolled in blood,” but in the closet, when the devout child of God prays; in the family, when the group bend before Him in solemn devotion; in the assembly - quiet, serious, calm - when his friends are gathered together for prayer and praise; in the heart that truly loves, reverences, adores Him. In those that…”

“taketh: Psa 35:27, Psa 149:4; Pro 11:20, Pro 31:30; Isa 62:4; Zep 3:17; Mal 3:16, Mal 3:17; Pe1 3:4 fear: Psa 33:18, Psa 33:22; Pe1 1:13, Pe1 1:17 Psalms 147:12”