Psalms 51:8 (DRB)

Passage

The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

Nearby Context

Psalms 51:6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

Psalms 51:7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

Psalms 51:8 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

Psalms 51:9 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

Psalms 51:10 But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "just", "shall", "fear", and "laugh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "just" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Therefore will God destroy thee for ever..." into verse 9's "Behold the man that made not God...", so "just" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "just" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.