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Psalms 71:19
19Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God?
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!
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens. You have done such wonderful things. Who can compare with you, O God?
Context of Psalms 71:19
17Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. 18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come. Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God? 20Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. 21You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.
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 36:5Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
- Psalms 57:10For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
- Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.
- Isaiah 55:9“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Psalms 72:18Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Psalms 126:2Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
- Job 5:9He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
- Psalms 35:10My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
- Psalms 86:8Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.
- Psalms 89:6For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?
- Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like you, Lord? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?
- Isaiah 40:18With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him?
- Jeremiah 10:7Who should not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in 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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