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Psalms 52:9

Psalms 52:9
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I will praise thee for ever,.... Both in this world, as long as he lived, and had a being in it; and in the world to come, to all eternity. This is a resolution respecting what he would do, when he…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I will praise thee forever, beause thou hast done it - Because thou art the source of my safety. The fact that I have been delivered from the designs of Saul, and saved from the efforts of Doeg to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 52:6-9

David was at this time in great distress; the mischief Doeg had done him was but the beginning of his sorrows; and yet here we have him triumphing, and that is more than rejoicing, in tribulation.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I will praise thee R.V., I will give thee thanks, "the sacrifice of thanksgiving," Psa 50:23.

because thou hast done it For this emphatic absolute use of the verb cp. Psa 22:31; Psa 37:5.

I will…