Verse 6. Not one, but many blessings are on the head of the righteous: the blessing of peace, the blessing of plenty, the blessing of health, and the blessing of grace, shall be upon them. The precious ointment of the Lord's favour and blessing shall be so poured upon their heads as that it shall not here stay, but run down to the rest of the members of their bodies, and enter into their very hearts.--_Muffet._ "_Blessings:_" not simply good things, but good things bestowed by another; not simply good things bestowed by another, but divinely bestowed as sacred _benedictions._ "_Blessings_" are for the righteous exclusively, that is, for no one else. "_For the head;_" not the mouth, not the hand; because often without either's agency. "_On his head;_" because unconsciously, and sometimes even when asleep.--_Miller._ Verse 7. The memory of the just is blessed (1) because of his winning friendship; (2) because of his unfeigned piety; (3) because of his steadfast patience; (4) because of his noble, public-minded activity.--_Ziegler, from Lange's Commentary._ And what signifies an empty name? It brings honour to God, and prolongs the influence of his good example who has left it. His good works not only follow him, but live behind him. As Jeroboam made Israel to sin after he was dead, so the good man helps to make others holy whilst he is lying in the grave. Should it so happen that his character is mistaken in the world, or should his name die out among men, it shall yet be had in everlasting remembrance before God; for never shall those names be erased from the Lamb's book of life, which were written in it from the foundation of the world.--_Lawson._ Not what he remembers, but what is remembered of him. He blesses after he is dead. So does the wicked, but, like most other growths in nature, by his decay. "_Name;_" that which is known of a man. The "name of God" is that which may be known of God. "The memory of the righteous," viz., of the Church of God, is that which propagates her, and causes her to hand down her strength. Our walk about Zion, our telling her towers, our marking her bulwarks, is for this grand aim, among the rest, that we may tell to the generation following (Psa. xlviii. 12, 13).--_Miller._