The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 140:13

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy Name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence. The result of God's punishment of the wicked, and deliverance of the righteous is naturally that the righteous give him thanks, frequent his courts, and "dwell," as it were, "in his presence."

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