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Psalms 30:12

Psalms 30:12
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent,.... Meaning either his soul, the more noble and glorious part of him; or the members of his body, his tongue, which is the glory of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee - Margin, my “tongue,” or my “soul.” DeWette renders it, “my heart.” The Aramaic Paraphrase: “that the honorable of the world may praise thee.” The…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 30:6-12

We have, in these verses, an account of three several states that David was in successively, and of the workings of his heart towards God in each of those states - what he said and did, and how his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

my glory My soul, as in Psa 7:5 (note); Psa 57:8.

for ever All the days of my life. See 1Sa 1:22 compared with 1Sa 1:1. But the Psalmist's words had a larger meaning than he could as yet know (Rev…