Revelation 4:9

King James Version (KJV)

And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

And when those beasts give glory … - As often as those living beings ascribe glory to God. They did this continually Revelation 4:8; and, if the above explanation be correct, then the idea is that the ways and acts of God in his providential government are continually of such a nature as to honor him.

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Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary

All true believers wholly ascribe their redemption and conversion, their present privileges and future hopes, to the eternal and most holy God. Thus rise the for-ever harmonious, thankful songs of the redeemed in heaven. Would we on earth do like them, let our praises be constant, not interrupted; united, not divided; thankful, not cold and formal; humble, not self-confident.

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