Psalms 112:7

Study note

Setting — A third-person portrait of the righteous person within an acrostic wisdom psalm (Psalms 111–112). No speaker, addressee, or occasion is identified; the text is a declarative description.

The words — נָכוֹן (nakhon, "steadfast, firm") and בָּטַח (bāṭāch, "to trust, be confident") form the verse's engine: the heart is fixed because it trusts in Yahweh.

The thread — Isaiah 26:3 pairs steadfastness of mind with trust in God; Proverbs 1:33 pairs listening to wisdom with security from the fear of evil; Psalms 57:7 repeats the same word nakhon for the heart.

Why it lands — The verse locates freedom from fear not in the absence of bad news but in the orientation of the heart. It asks the reader to check whether their fear is a trust problem, not an information problem.

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