Psalms 52:9 KJV — MannaFest

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

KJV

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ASV

I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it; And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.

WEB

I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.

YLT

I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done it , And I wait on Thy name for it is good before Thy saints!

DBT

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it]; and I will wait on thy name, before thygodly ones, for it is good.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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19 verses on the floor

Psalms 54:6
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.
Lamentations 3:25–26
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Psalms 130:5–6
I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Psalms 73:28
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.
Lamentations 3:26
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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In singing this psalm we should conceive a detestation of the sin of lying, foresee the ruin of those that persist in it, and please ourselves with the assurance of the preservation of God's church and people, in spite of all the malicious designs of the children of Satan, that father of lies.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): " I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it, has avenged the blood of thy priests upon their bloody enemy, and given him blood to drink, and hast performed thy promise to me," which he was as sure would be done in due time as if it were done already.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

9 ), deriving its root and fatness from the good olive, Rom. xi. Now what must we do that we may be as green olive-trees? We must live a life of faith and holy confidence in God and his grace?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

hast done--that is, what the context supplies, "preserved me" (compare Ps 22:31). wait . . . name--hope in Thy perfections, manifested for my good (Ps 5:11; 20:1). for it is good--that is, Thy name, and the whole method or result of its manifestation (Ps 54:6;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Thou hast - Destroyed mine and thine implacable enemies, and established me in the throne, of which I am no less assured, than if it were already done. I will continue in thy way, placing my whole confidence in thy power and goodness, and faithfulness.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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