I will give praise to Thy name, for it is good. He does not say, “for it bestows good,” but because of its being good, not bestowing good; as if to say: “Because of the name itself, not because of any advantage to be gained by it.” For in the preceding Ps. 52:9 we read: “The name of the Lord is good in the presence of His saints,” that is, the name of the Lord does not give the saints anything good beyond what it is in itself, but it is in itself their good thing. And so He gives Himself, and He does not give, but is Himself the good and complete blessing of the saints. For as it is said that “God gives Himself to the saints,” which means that “God is the good of his saints,” so also His name gives Him to them, that is, it is their good. But the name of God is Christ Himself, the Son of God, the Word by which He verbalizes Himself and the name by which He calls Himself in eternity."
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