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Psalm 52:9

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.

7“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
8But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
9I 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.
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Notice

Thanks for what God has done and hope in his good name belong together here, spoken in the presence of his people.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 54:6With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.Both psalms join thanks to God’s name with the confession that it is good.
Lamentations 3:25–26The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.Both connect hope or waiting with God’s goodness, giving the waiting person a reason to trust him.
Psalm 130:5–6I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.Both express hope directed toward God, with Psalm 52 naming his name and Psalm 130 naming his word.
Psalm 73:28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.Both connect trust in God with speaking of his works, through thanksgiving or telling what he has done.
Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.Both speak of hope directed toward God; Lamentations adds quiet waiting for his salvation.
Proverbs 18:10The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.God’s name is the shared ground of confidence: the psalm hopes in it, and Proverbs describes it as a strong tower.
Psalm 73:25–26Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.Both turn toward God himself, though Psalm 52 speaks of hope and thanks while Psalm 73 expresses desire for him.
Ephesians 3:20–21Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,The shared thread is God’s action: Psalm 52 thanks him for what he has done, while Ephesians speaks of what he can do.
Luke 1:51He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.Both credit God with action: the psalm thanks him for what he has done, and Luke names his scattering of the proud.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. waiting. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

Thanksgiving and waiting can share the same prayer. The psalm’s closing words leave hope anchored in God’s good name, with his people there to hear it.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).