Best of times/Worse of times

Ps. 112
1] Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
[2] His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
[3] Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
[4] Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
[5] A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
[6] Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
[7] He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
[8] His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
[9] He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
[10] The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
A call to us to praise G-d, for whatever glory is acknowledged to be on us comes from
G-d, and must return to Him; as He is our praise, so we are His. We have reason to praise the L-rd for we are the people in the world who fear Him and serve Him, and we are a happy people, both which are owing entirely to the grace of G-d.
We have the privileges of G-d's subjects, not who cry, L-rd, L-rd, but who are indeed well affected to His government.
We are to be honest and sincere in our professions and intentions.
We are to be both just and kind in all our dealings.
Whatever men think or say of us, G-d says that we are blessed; and His saying so makes them so!
The posterity of good person shall fare the better for our goodness, perhaps we ourselves shall not be so great in the world, nor make such a figure, as our seed after us shall for our sake; where the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. Let the children of godly parents value themselves upon it, and take heed of doing any thing to forfeit the blessing entailed upon the generation of the upright.
We shall be blessed with spiritual blessings, which are the true riches. ‘His wealth shall be in his house, for he must leave that to others; but his righteousness he himself shall have the comfort of to himself, it endures forever.’ Grace is better than gold, for it will outlast it. We shall have wealth and riches and in a prosperous condition and shall still hold fast our integrity.
Good people may be in affliction; the promise does not exempt them from that. They shall have their share in the common calamities of human life; but, when they sit in darkness, the L-rd shall be a light to them, Micah 7:8. They shall be supported and comforted under their troubles; their spirits shall be lightsome when their outward condition is clouded.
It is part of the character that we will use our discretion in managing our affairs, in getting and saving, that we may have to give. It may be understood of the affairs of our charity: We show favor and lend; but then it is with discretion, that our charity may not be misplaced.
He will guide his words with judgment; and there is nothing in which we have more occasions for wisdom than in the government of the tongue; blessed is he to whom G-d gives that wisdom. (Watch your words that you speak out.)
Satan and his instruments endeavor to move us, but our foundation is firm and we shall never be moved, at least not moved forever; if we are shaken for a time, yet we settle again quickly.
The memories of many a good person that is dead and gone is still blessed; but in heaven their remembrance shall be truly everlasting and the honor of their righteousness shall there endure forever, with the reward of it, in the crown of glory that fades not away. Those that are forgotten on earth, and despised, are remembered there, and honored, and their righteousness found unto praise, and honor, and glory (1 Peter 1:7); then, at furthest, shall the horn of a good person be exalted with honor.
It is the duty and interest of the people of G-d not to be afraid of evil tidings, not to be afraid of hearing bad news. When they do, not to be put into confusion by it and into an amazing expectation of worse and worse, but whatever happens, whatever threatens, to be able to say, ‘None of these things move me, neither will I fear, though the earth be removed.’
The fixedness of the heart is a sovereign remedy against the disquieting fear of evil tidings. If we keep our thoughts composed, and ourselves masters of them, our wills resigned to the holy will of G-d, our temper sedate, and our spirits even, under all the unevenness of Providence, we are well fortified against the agitations of the fearful. By faith, we must cast anchor in the promise, in the Word of G-d, and so return to him and repose in him as our rest.
It will complete the satisfaction of the saints, when they shall look back upon their troubles and pressures, and be able to say that when he had recounted the persecutions he endured, but out of them ‘the L-rd delivered me.’
The wicked shall see the righteous in prosperity and honor and shall be grieved. It will vex them to see their innocence cleared and their low estate regarded, and those whom they hated and despised, and whose ruin they sought and hoped to see, the favorites’ of Heaven, and advanced to have dominion over them (Psalms 49:14); this will make them gnash with their teeth and pine away. This is often fulfilled in this world. The happiness of the saints is the envy of the wicked, and that envy is the rottenness of their bones. But it will most fully be accomplished in the other world, when it shall make damned sinners gnash with their teeth, to see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in him bosom, to see all the prophets in the kingdom of G-d and themselves thrust out. Their own disappointment: The desire of the wicked shall perish. Their desire was wholly to the world and the flesh, and they ruled over them; and therefore, when these perish, their joy is gone, and their expectations from them are cut off, to their everlasting confusion; their hope is as a spider's web.
This is the best of times for Believers and the worse of times for unbelievers!