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Why Do You Boast of Evil?

Psalms 52:9

In 11 translations

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.
KJV
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.
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.
ASV
I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it; And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.
LSV
I thank You for all time, because You have done [it], || And I wait [on] Your Name for [it is] good before Your saints!
YLT
I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!
DBY
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it]; and I will wait on thy name, before thy godly ones, for it is good.Elohim
DRC51:11
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.
GNV
I will alway praise thee, for that thou hast done this, and I will hope in thy Name, because it is good before thy Saints.
JPS52:11
I will give Thee thanks for ever, because Thou hast done it; and I will wait for Thy name, for it is good, in the presence of Thy saints.
LXXE51:11
I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC52:11
אוֹדְךָ֣ לְ֭עוֹלָם כִּ֣י עָשִׂ֑יתָ וַאֲקַוֶּ֖ה שִׁמְךָ֥ כִֽי־ט֝֗וֹב נֶ֣גֶד חֲסִידֶֽיךָ׃KJV:Ps.52.9
LXX-Br51:11
Ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ὅτι ἐποίησας, καὶ ὑπομενῶ τὸ ὄνομά σου, ὅτι χρηστὸν ἐναντίον τῶν ὁσίων σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Lamentations 3:25–26The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Psalms 130:5–6I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
  • Psalms 73:28But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
  • Psalms 54:6Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
  • Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
  • Psalms 73:25–26Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Psalms 62:5Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
  • Psalms 62:1In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
  • Ephesians 3:20–21Now to Him who is able to do so much more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and…
  • Psalms 145:1–2I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
  • Psalms 48:9–10Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion. Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
  • Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
  • Psalms 123:2–3As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy. Have mercy on us, O LORD, have…
  • Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
  • Psalms 30:12that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
  • Psalms 146:2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

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  • 52:11 in some Bibles
  • 52:9 in most Bibles

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