Blessed are] Psalms 37:11. the meek] Such as quietly endure others, neither provoking them, nor easily provoked by them. they shall inherite the earth] They shall have a comfortable right to it, enjoy it with inward peace, and be free from many outward suits and vexations which froward men meet withall. The rather here promised, because men sometimes take occasion to abuse the quiet disposition of such, to do them the more wrong, Isaiah 59:15.