Psalms 56:10

his word The omission of the pronoun, which is found in Psalms 56:4, is difficult. If the text is sound, wordmust be used absolutely for the divine word of promise. Cp. Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 16:20.

In the Lord will I praisehis word The line is repeated for emphasis with the substitution of the covenant name Jehovahfor God. The two names sometimes occur together in the Elohistic Psalms (e. g. Psalms 55:16; Psalms 58:6); and a refrain is not always repeated in precisely the same form. But the repetition may simply be a -conflate reading," the second line being either the survival or the restoration of the original text, while the first line is due to the -Elohistic" editor.