Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 41:12

12. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity : and settesteme before thy face for ever .

As I have kept my Integrity, so thou hast kept me, in and with it. Or, for mine Integrity, because thou hast seen my Innocency notwithstanding all the Calum[illegible: 1+ letters]ies of mine Enemies; and thou hast promised and usest to afford thy Protection to the innocent and upright.

Or, hast Confirmed, or Established me in thy Presence (i. e. Either, under thine Eye and special Care: Or, to Minister unto thee, not onely in thy Temple, but as a King over thy People, or in that Land, where thou art peculiarly present) for ever, Either, 1. Properly: And so this was done to David, Either in his own Person, Partly here, and Partly, in the next Life: Or, in regard of his Posterity, in whom the Kingdom was Established for ever. Or, 2. For my whole Life, or for a long time, as that Phrase is commonly used.