Such mourners shall be comforted by their God. The meek are happy. These meek ones are happy, even in this world. Meekness promotes wealth, comfort, and safety, even in this world. Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness are happy.
Righteousness is here put for all spiritual blessings.
These are purchased for us by the righteousness of Christ, confirmed by the faithfulness of God. Our desires of spiritual blessings must be earnest. Though all desires for grace are not grace, yet such a desire as this, is a desire of God's own raising, and he will not forsake the work of his own hands. The merciful are happy. We must not only bear our own afflictions patiently, but we must do all we can to help those who are in misery.