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._ I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done (it). Faith anticipates in hope the deliverance as already accomplished, and praises God beforehand for it (2 Chronicles 20:19). AND I WILL WAIT ON THY NAME - in all my troubles hereafter, making thee in thy manifested power, goodness, and wisdom, my hope. Compare on God's name, Psalms 20:1. FOR (IT IS) GOOD BEFORE THY SAINTS. It is "good" to the edification of the "saints" to see my hopeful trust in thy name amidst troubles. It encourages them to 'exercise the same trust in trial' (DeBurgh). Rather, as the parallel...

9._I will praise thee, etc_. He concludes the psalm with thanksgiving, and shows that he is sincere in this, by the special acknowledgement which he makes of the fact that this had been the work of God. Such is the corruption of the human heart, that out of a hundred who profess gratitude to God with their lips, scarcely one man seriously reflects upon the benefits which he has received as coming from his hand. David declares, therefore, that it was entirely owing to the divine protection that he had escaped from the treachery of Doeg, and from all his subsequent dangers, and promises to retain a grateful sense of it throughout the whole of his life. There is no religious duty in which it does not become us to manifest a spirit of perseverance; but we need to be especially enjoined to it in the duty of thanksgiving, disposed as we are so speedily to forget our mercies, and occasionally t...

6-9 Those wretchedly deceive themselves, who think to support themselves in power and wealth without God. The wicked man trusted in the abundance of his riches; he thought his wickedness would help him to keep his wealth. Right or wrong, he would get what he could, and keep what he had, and ruin any one that stood in his way; this he thought would strengthen him; but see what it comes to! Those who by faith and love dwell in the house of God, shall be like green olive-trees there. And that we may be as green olive-trees, we must live a life of faith and holy confidence in God and his grace. It adds much to the beauty of our profession, and to fruitfulness in every grace, to be much in praising God; and we never can want matter for praise. His name alone can be our refuge and strong tower. It is very good for us to wait on that saving name; there is nothing better to calm and quiet our s...

Verse Psalms 52:9. _I WILL PRAISE THEE FOR EVER_] Because I know that all my good comes from thee; therefore, will I ever praise thee for that good. _I WILL WAIT ON THY NAME_] I will expect all my blessings from the all-sufficient _Jehovah_, who is _eternal_ and _unchangeable_. IT IS _GOOD BEFORE THY SAINTS._] It is right that I should expect a continuation of thy blessings by _uniting with thy saints in_ _using thy ordinances_. Thus I shall _wait_. ANALYSIS OF THE FIFTY-SECOND PSALM There are _three_ parts in this Psalm: - I. An _invective_ against Doeg, and a _prediction_ of his fall, Psalms 52:1. II. The...

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 betray me, is to be traced wholly to thee. It has been ordered by thy providence that the purposes alike of Doeg and of Saul have been defeated, and I am still safe. AND I WILL WAIT ON THY NAME - That is, I will wait on “thee;” the name being often put for the person himself: Psalms 20:1; Psalms 69:30; Proverbs 18:10; Isaiah 59:19. The language used here means that he wou

EXPOSITION HERE, again, the title is the best guide to the origin, intent, and authorship of the psalm. It is ascribed to David, and said to have been written on the occasion when Doeg the Edomite acquainted Saul with the fact of David's visit to Ahimelech the priest, recorded in 1 Samuel 21:1. This information led to a fearful massacre, in which Doeg himself took the chief part (1 Samuel 22:11-9). The bitterness of feeling displayed in the psalm is thus accounted for. Metrically, the psalm seems to consist of three strophes, extending respectively to four, three, and two verses. In the first strophe Doeg's wickedness is set forth (1 Samuel 21:1); in the second ...

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 should be in the happy condition he was confident of; BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE [IT]; the Targum interprets it, "the revenge of my judgment"; meaning the vengeance of God on Doeg; and to the same sense Aben Ezra and Kimchi: though it may refer to the comfortable and happy condition he should be in, Psalms 52:8; and which he wholly ascribes to the grace and goodness of God, and not to any merits of his own, and therefore determines to praise him for it; AND I WILL WAIT ON THY NAME; on the Lord himself, in his house and ordinances, for his presence and fresh supplies of grace and strength, when he should be restored. Or the sense is, that in the mean while he would

Psalms 52 The Proud and Boasting Man __ 1. The character of the man of sin (Psalms 52:1) 2. The character of the righteous (Psalms 52:8) The four Psalms which follow (all Maschil Psalms) give mostly a prophetic picture of the man of sin, the final Antichrist, the false messiah-king, under whom the godly in Israel will especially suffer. He is first described as the mighty man, the super-man, who boasts in evil. He is also a lying, deceitful man, “working deceitfully” and having a “deceitful tongue.” But God is going to deal with him, destroy him forever, take him away, pluck him out of his dwelling place, and out of the land of the living. He will be destroyed with the brightness of the Lord's com

LII. The Psalmist denounces an enemy of his who trusts in his wealth and in unscrupulous falsehood. He is confident that this adversary will be rooted up and that he himself will flourish and abide in the Temple. The reference to the Temple and the complete silence about the massacre of the priests shows that the title gives an impossible explanation of the Ps. PSALMS 52:1_ b_. Read, Against the godly man continually. Psalms 52:2. Translate O thou that workest deceitfully. But the text is probably corrupt. Psalms 52:5. Translate Shall snatch thee away and pluck thee up tentless. Psalms 52:7. w

THOU HAST DONE IT. David ascribes all the glory to his God. THY NAME. Thyself. See note on Psalms 20:1. THY SAINTS. Some codices read singular. Thy beloved (One)....