Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 71:8
8My mouth is full of praise and honor to you all day long.
Psalms 71:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
- New International Version (NIV)My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let my mouth be filled with Your praise And with Your glory all the day.
Context of Psalms 71:8
6I have leaned on you from birth; you took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always about you. 7I am like a miraculous sign to many, and you are my strong refuge. My mouth is full of praise and honor to you all day long. 9Don’t discard me in my old age. As my strength fails, do not abandon me. 10For my enemies talk about me, and those who spy on me plot together,
Read all of Psalms 71Psalms 71:8 word by word
יִמָּ֣לֵא פִ֭י תְּהִלָּתֶ֑ךָ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם תִּפְאַרְתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 71:8
- Psalms 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness and your salvation all day long, though I cannot sum them up.
- Psalms 35:28And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praise all day long.
- Psalms 51:14Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God — God of my salvation — and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
- Psalms 145:1I exalt you, my God the King, and bless your name forever and ever.
- Psalms 146:2I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing to my God as long as I live.
Commentaries on Psalms 71:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Let my mouth be filled - This is an appeal to himself, in view of the goodness of God, to praise him always. See the notes at Psalm 35:28. With thy praise - With the expressions of praise. And with thy honor all the day - With such expressions as shall promote thy glory, and make thy honor known.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24This untitled lament by an aging believer is more a confession of confidence and hope than a cry of abandonment by God. The psalmist experienced God's power and protection in his youth (Psalm 71:5–8) and now prays for rescue from enemies who pursue him in his old age (Psalm 71:9–13). Even in danger, he continues to speak of God's past faithfulness and looks forward with hope to sharing with the next generation that God is faithful and righteous.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-96-9. His history from early infancy illustrated God's care, and his wonderful deliverances were at once occasions of praise and ground of confidence for the future. my praise ... of thee--literally, "in" or "by Thee" (Psa 22:25).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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