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.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.
- BSB I will praise You forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name—for it is good—in the presence of Your saints.
- NKJV I will praise You forever, Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for it is good.
- NASB I will praise You forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones.
- NLT I will praise you forever, O God, for what you have done. I will trust in your good name in the presence of your faithful people.
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Quick answer
David vows perpetual thanksgiving and hope in God's good name before his people. It ends the psalm in praise grounded in God's faithful action.
Overview
Confident that God has and will act, David pledges everlasting thanks and hope in the Lord's name. He does this publicly, in the company of the saints, so that God's goodness is celebrated together. Such grateful trust models the worship of all who rest in God's saving character revealed fully in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Lam 3:25–26The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
- Ps 130:5–6I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
- Ps 73:28But 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.
- Ps 54:6I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Ps 73:25–26Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
- Ps 62:5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
- Ps 145:1–2I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Eph 3:20–21Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
- Ps 62:1Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
- Ps 48:9–10We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
- Ps 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Ps 123:2–3Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
- Ps 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
- Ps 146:2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
- Ps 30:12To 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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