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2 [1] **He that walketh perfectly:** – If תמים (perfect) is an adjective, his meaning is, One who walks in a perfect way, as, "He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me" (ibid. 101:6); while if it is a noun, (it is used) as (in the passage) "if in truth and perfectness (בתמים)" (Judges 9:16). He means: He who walks in perfectness (integrity), as, "But as for me I will walk in mine integrity (בתמי)" (Ps. 26:11). But in either case the meaning is the same. The perfect is he who occupies himself in the affairs of this world in the way of perfectness (integrity), who does not engage his deepest purpose in (the prosecution of) worldly schemes.
[2] **and worketh righteousness:** – because he does all his works in righteousness. Now the laws of man, positive and negative, fall under three aspects: one concerned with deed, one with speech, and one with thought. Notice he has just mentioned (that concerned with) deed.
[3] **and speaketh truth in his heart:** – Now this one combines both speech and thought. He says that he speaketh truth, a lie will never be found in his words. And the truth he speaks with his mouth is in his heart, for he does not say one thing with his mouth and another in his heart; and as the words of his mouth are truth, so are the thoughts of his heart. And it is implied in this expression of his and speaketh truth in his heart that he carries into effect what he has purposed in his heart – i.e. to do good. And this, too, in the ordinary affairs of life, as though to say that there is no need to say that what he has actually said with his mouth he makes good; but even that what is in his mind only he brings to effect, and he makes truth his purpose. There is likewise also implied in it the greatness of God's existence and His unity, which is truth; and confessing (speaking) this with his mouth and thinking it in his heart (is calculated) to give him discernment in a wonderful way as wisdom teaches him.
Version: R. David Kimhi on the first book of Psalms, Translated by R.G. Finch, London, 1919
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH002055445
License: Public Domain