Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible - Psalms II

As the first among the best in terms of usefulness, we are obliged to mention him whose name is already a household word: MATTHEW HENRY. He is supremely pious and concise, solid and sensible, suggestive and sober, succinct and trustworthy. You will find that he shines with metaphors, is rich in analogies, overflows with illustrations, and abounds in reflections. He delights in appositions and alliterations, but his style is generally simple, evocative, and full of content. He grasps the meaning of the text directly and offers the result of a thorough critical knowledge of the originals on par with the best critics of his era. He is deeply spiritual, heavenly, and beneficial, finding the core of each text and drawing enormously practical and accurate lessons from all of them. His is the type of commentary that should be placed where I saw it in the old meeting house in Chester: chained in the vestibule for anyone to read. It is the commentary for the common man, the Christian's old companion, suitable for anyone, instructive for all.

"Every minister ought to read Matthew Henry entirely and carefully once at least. I recommend that you do so in the twelve months after you leave college. Begin at the beginning, and resolve to go through the land from Dan to Beersheba. You will acquire a vast store for your sermons if you read it with a notebook to hand; thoughts will flock around you like twittering swallows around a chimney at the fall of the year. If you publicly expound the chapter you have been reading, your congregation will marvel at the freshness of your observations and the profundity of your thoughts, and then you may tell them what a grand treasure Henry is."

C.H. Spurgeon