Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 112:6

"For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance." — Psalms 112:6 (ASV)

Surely he shall not be moved for ever - Luther, “For he will remain always.” He will be fixed, stable, firm, prosperous. He will not be driven from place to place. He will have a permanent home. He will have a steady reputation. He will have a constant influence. He will be a firm, established, prosperous man.

Of course, this is to be taken in a general sense and should not be pressed to mean that it will be true in the most literal sense and always. For a good man may be unfortunate in business, and suffer with others; he may be sick; he may see reason to change his residence; he will certainly die. But it is still true that religion tends to produce this permanency, and that in this respect there is a marked difference between people who are truly pious and those who are not.

The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance - In (Proverbs 10:7), it is said that the name of the wicked shall rot; and the meaning here is that the way to secure a grateful remembrance among people after we are dead is to be righteous—to do something that will deserve to be remembered. It cannot mean that a man who is righteous will never be forgotten, or that his name and deeds will never pass from the recollection of mankind—for that would not be true. Rather, people will delight to cherish the memory of the righteous. They will be disposed to do justice to their character after they are dead. The benevolent and the upright will be remembered when the names of the wicked are forgotten. The world has no interest in keeping up the memory of bad people and, as soon as it can be done, hastens to forget them. Wicked people are remembered only when their deeds are enormous, and then their memory is cherished only to admonish and to warn.

The world has no interest in keeping up the memory of Benedict Arnold, or Alexander VI, or Caesar Borgia except to warn future generations of the guilt and baseness of treason and profligacy. It has an interest in never suffering the names of Howard, of Wilberforce, of Henry Martyn to die, for those names excite noble feelings and noble efforts wherever they are known. Such names are to be had in everlasting remembrance.