Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 71:19
19Your righteousness reaches the heights, God, you who have done great things; God, who is like you?
Psalms 71:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
- New International Version (NIV)Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You?
Context of Psalms 71:19
17God, you have taught me from my youth, and I still proclaim your wondrous works. 18Even while I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, while I proclaim your power to another generation, your strength to all who are to come. Your righteousness reaches the heights, God, you who have done great things; God, who is like you? 20You caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but you will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth. 21You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
Read all of Psalms 71Psalms 71:19 word by word
וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥ אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַד־מָ֫ר֥וֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתָ גְדֹל֑וֹת אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים מִ֣י כָמֽוֹךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 71:19
- Psalms 36:5Lord, your faithful love reaches to heaven, your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Psalms 57:10For your faithful love is as high as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
- Psalms 139:6This wondrous knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
- Proverbs 15:24For the prudent the path of life leads upward, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
- Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of Armies is exalted by his justice, and the holy God demonstrates his holiness through his righteousness.
- Isaiah 55:9“For as heaven is higher than earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
- Psalms 126:2Our mouths were filled with laughter then, and our tongues with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
- Job 5:9He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- Psalms 35:10All my bones will say, “Lord, who is like you, rescuing the poor from one too strong for him, the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”
- Psalms 86:8Lord, there is no one like you among the gods, and there are no works like yours.
- Psalms 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?
- Exodus 15:11Lord, who is like you among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Isaiah 40:18With whom will you compare God? What likeness will you set up for comparison with him?
- Jeremiah 10:7Who should not fear you, King of the nations? It is what you deserve. For among all the wise people of the nations and among all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.
Commentaries on Psalms 71:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Thy righteousness - is very high - מרום עד ad marom - is up to the exalted place, reaches up to heaven. The mercy of God fills all space and place. It crowns in the heavens what it governed upon earth. Who hast done great things - גדלות gedoloth . Thou hast worked miracles, and displayed the greatest acts of power. Who is like unto thee! - כמוך מי mi camocha . God is alone, - who can resemble him? He is eternal. He can have none before, and there can be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high - See the notes at Psalm 36:5. The purpose of the psalmist is to exalt that righteousness as much as possible, and he, therefore, compares it with that which is high - the heavens - the highest thing of all. The literal rendering would be, “even to the high,” or the height; that is, to the highest place. The passage is designed to express his confidence in God, in the infirmities and troubles which he must…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-24Verses 14-24 The psalmist declares that the righteousness of Christ, and the great salvation obtained thereby, shall be the chosen subject of his discourse. Not on a sabbath only, but on every day of the week, of the year, of his life. Not merely at stated returns of solemn devotion, but on every occasion, all the day long. Why will he always dwell on this? Because he knew not the numbers thereof. It is impossible to measure the value or the fulness of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21God’s righteous character provides encouragement and strength in the midst of suffering. The wounded psalmist confesses faith in God’s ability to transform his misery and weakness into abundant life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2117-21. Past experience again encourages. taught me, &c.--by providential dealings.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 71
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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