But I will hope continually
For deliverance and salvation from present outward troubles, for;
more grace here and glory hereafter: it is the excellency of the
grace of hope to be exercised in times of affliction and
distress, and with Abraham to believe in hope against hope; and
then it is that this grace is eminently and remarkably useful: it
is an anchor to the soul when in distress, which keeps it firm
and steadfast; and an helmet, which covers the head in the day of
battle; in the exercise of which the believer glories in
tribulation: it is an abiding grace, and should be continually
exercised by those that have it, which is to abound in it; but
this must be through the power of the Holy Ghost, ( Romans 15:13
) ;
and will yet praise thee more and more;
or "will add to all thy praise" {b}; to former praises and
thanksgivings, fresh ones, as his mercies were renewed to him,
and he was daily loaded with benefits.