Psalms 52:9

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.

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).

Because thou hast done it, i.e. destroyed Doeg, and all mine and thine implacable enemies, and established me in the throne, and in thy house; of which I am no less assured than if it were already done. I will wait on thy name; I will continue in thy way, placing my whole trust and confidence in thy power, and goodness, and faithfulness, all which are called God’ s name, and not turn aside to any crooked paths for my deliverance, as others do, . Before thy saints, i.e. in the eyes of thy saints. They, whose judgments only are to be valued, approve of this practice, of trusting God and keeping his way, as the wisest and safest course, and have ever found it so to be by their own experience, however Doeg and his accomplices account it mere folly, and the ready way to ruin. But the last words of this clause may very conveniently be joined with the former clause, thus, I will wait upon thy name before thy saints; which seems best to suit with the first clause, I will praise thee; which surely was meant of praising God publicly, or before the saints; and then it follows conveniently. And in the mean time I will wait on thy name, in the presence of thy saints, who shall plainly see that I do so by the whole course of my life. And those words, for it is good, may be enclosed within a parenthesis, as is very usual in Scripture, and may be referred, either to God’ s name, for thy name is good; or to wait on it, for it is good to wait upon it.

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.Ver. 9. I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it] Hast delivered me from Doeg and others, Quod non perierim centies; or, Thou hast done execution upon Doeg; i.e. Thou wilt undoubtedly do it. And I will wait on thy name] i.e. Depend upon thy promises and providence.

(9) Because thou hast done it.—Better, because thou workest, i.e., for thy works, but spoken in anticipation of future manifestations. I will wait on thy name. . . .—Better, I will wait for thy glory; “name,” here, after the mention of God’s works in the last clause, being evidently, as so often, synonymous with “fame” and “reputation.” For it is good before thy saints.—This may mean that such a trustful expectation in the presence of the saints is good, or that it is pleasant in the eyes of the saints thus to wait, or we may take “name” as the subject. The mention of the “saints” (chasîdîm) is by some supposed to indicate the Asmonean period as that of the composition of the Psalm.

Verse 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 52:1-5. II. The comfort which God's people should take in this, Psalms 52:6-7. III. The security and flourishing state of those who trust in Good, and the psalmist's thanks for it, Psalms 52:8-9. I. David begins with an abrupt apostrophe to Doeg: "Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, thou mighty man?" And answers that this boasting was but vain; because the goodness of God endureth continually. This was sufficient to quiet all those who might be afraid of his boasting. Having given a general character of this man, as having a delight in mischief, he enters into particulars; and especially he considers the bad use he made of his tongue. 1. Thy tongue deviseth mischief, like a razor working deceitfully. Perhaps there may be here a reference to a case where a man, employed to take off or trim the beard, took that opportunity to cut the throat of his employer. In this manner had Doeg often acted; while pretending by his tongue to favour, he used it in a deceitful way to ruin the character of another. 2. "Thou lovest evil more than good:" his wickedness was habitual; he loved it. 3. "Thou lovest lying more than righteousness:" he was an enemy to the truth, and by lies and flatteries a destroyer of good men. 4. This is expressed more fully in the next verse: "Thou lovest all deceitful words, O thou false tongue!" he was all tongue; a man of words: and these the most deceitful and injurious. This is his character; and now David foretells his fall and destruction, which he amplifies by a congeries of words. 1. "God shall likewise destroy thee for ever." 2. "He shall take thee away." 3. "He shall pluck thee out of thy dwelling place." 4. "He shall root thee out of the land of the living." See the notes. II. Then follows how God's people should be affected by Doeg's fall. 1. "The righteous shall see it and fear:" they shall reverence God more than formerly, as taking vengeance on this singularly wicked man. 2. They shall laugh at him, using this bitter sarcasm, "Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength," c. he trusted in his gold more than in his God. III. But such a fearful end shall not fall on any good man: while the wicked is plucked up from the roots, the righteous shall flourish like a healthy olive-tree.

9. I will praise thee] R.V., I will give thee thanks, “the sacrifice of thanksgiving,” Psalms 50:23. because thou hast done it] For this emphatic absolute use of the verb cp. Psalms 22:31; Psalms 37:5. I will wait &c.] R.V., I will wait on thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints. Cp. Isaiah 26:8. But ‘in the presence of thy saints’ implies some public act of praise (cp. Psalms 22:25; Psalms 54:6); and it is probable that for wait some word meaning proclaim should be read, thus: I will proclaim that thy name is good, In the presence of thy saints. God’s chasîdîm, ‘saints’ or ‘beloved ones,’ are those who are the object of His chĕ ?sĕ ?d or lovingkindness. Cp. Psalms 50:5; and Appendix, Note 1.

I will praise thee forever, beause thou hast done it - Because thou art the source of my safety.

9. Because thou hast done it—Because thou hast done what I had hoped for, namely, overthrown the wicked and vindicated and upheld the righteous.