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9I will praise{H8686)} thee for ever, because thou hast done{H8804)} it: and I will wait{H8762)} on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. …
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. …
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
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.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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. Blessed Paul, in the midst of his troubles, is in the midst of his triumphs, 2 Cor. 2:14. David here triumphs, I. In the fall of Doeg. Yet, lest this should look like personal revenge, he does not speak…
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