“In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.”
Perpetual rejoicing: "they exult in your name all day long, and extol your righteousness." The ongoing celebration and affirmation of God's justice characterizes the covenant people's response. The perpetuality of rejoicing suggests permanent blessedness.
Church Fathers on Psalms 89:16
1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himself is meant, in my belief, by “the understanding of Æthan the Israelite:” which has given this Psalm its title. You see then, who is meant by Æthan: but the meaning of the word is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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