Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 138:8

8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me : thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever : forsake not the works of thine own hands .

Will finish that great work of my deliverance and advancement, which he hath undertaken and carried on hitherto.

It is not inconstant and changeable, as mens affections are, but everlasting. And this may be either a proof of the foregoing assertion, the Lord will perfect, &c. or an argument to enforce the following petition, therefore forsake not, &c.

Or, leave not, or, do not desist from or give over.

The work of my salvation which is thus far advanced, not by any humane help, but by thine own extraordinary power and providence, and therefore it is not for thine honour to desert it at last. This he calls works in regard of the many and various parts and actions which concurred to this work.

Marginal references: Psal. 57. 2. Phil. 1. 6.; Or, for me.