Psalms 61:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. So will I sing praise unto thy name for evher - For the benefits which I have received, and hope to receive endlessly from thee, I will to all perpetuity praise thee.

That I may daily perform my vows - While I live, I shall יום יום yom, yom, "day by day," each day as it succeeds, render to thee my vows - act according to what I have often purposed, and as often promised. The Chaldee ends remarkably: "Thus I will praise thy name for ever, when I shall perform my vows in the day of the rederaption of Israel; and in the day in which the King Messiah shall be anointed, that he may reign."

The ancient Jews were full of the expectation of the Messiah; the Jews of the present day have given up their hope.

Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

Psalms 61:8

8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.