Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 71:19
Thy (n) righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!
(n) Your just performance of your promise.
Thy (n) righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!
(n) Your just performance of your promise.
Verse Psalms 71:19. _THY RIGHTEOUSNESS _- IS _VERY HIGH_] עד מרום _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 he...
THY RIGHTEOUSNESS ALSO, O GOD, IS VERY HIGH - See the notes at Psalms 36:5. The purpose of the psalmist is to exalt that righteousness as much as possible, and he, therefore, compares it with that whi...
Psalms 71 Israel's Song of Hope _ 1. Declaration of trust (Psalms 71:1)_ 2. Anticipations of faith (Psalms 71:12) 3. Revival and victory ...
LXXI. A PSALM OF GRATITUDE FOR GOD'S CONSTANT CARE OF HIS SERVANT FROM YOUTH TO OLD AGE. The Psalmist expresses himself in language borrowed from older sources. PSALMS 71:1. Quoted from Psalms 31. Us...
WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE. This is the cry of all God's saints. See note on Exodus 15:11....
Past mercies are the ground of hope alike for the Psalmist and for the nation....
is _very high_ Lit., (reacheth) unto the height, of heaven. Cp. Psalms 36:5; Psalms 57:10; Job 11:8. _who hast done_&c. It is better with R.V. to connect this clause with what follows: Thou who hast d...
Psalms 70, 71 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer Not to be Forsaken in Old Age. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 70:1-3 (70), Prayer against Enemies. Stanza II., Psalms 70:4-5 (70), Prayer in behalf of Friends. Sta...
_THY RIGHTEOUSNESS ALSO, O GOD, IS VERY HIGH, WHO HAST DONE GREAT THINGS: O GOD, WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE!_ Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high - literally, 'is even to the height' (Psalms 36:5;...
71:19 high, (h-8) Or 'is very high.'...
This Ps. of prayer (Psalms 71:1) and praise (Psalms 71:14) was apparently written by an old man (Psalms 71:9; Psalms 71:18) and in the time of the exile.
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
VERY HIGH. — Literally, _to the height, i.e.,_ to the heavens, as in Psalms 36:5; Psalms 57:10. The clauses should be arranged, _Thy righteousness also, O God, to the height — Thou who doest great thi...
וְ צִדְקָתְךָ֥ אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַד ־מָ֫רֹ֥ום אֲשֶׁר...
Psalms 71:1 ECHOES of former psalms make the staple of this one, and even those parts of it which are not quotations have little individuality. The themes are familiar, and the expression of them is s...
THE GREATEST OF ALL WORKERS Psalms 71:13 The singer glances both backward and forward. He goes back in thought to the time when he was cast on God at birth, and acknowledges that God has taught him f...
This is pre-eminently a song of the aged, and, like old age, it is reminiscent. The singer passes from memory to hope, and from experience to praise. No very definite division is possible. Generally s...
_So be it. Hebrew, "And amen." See Psalm xl. (Haydock) --- This glory of God was David's most ardent wish. (Worthington) --- It is suspected that the collector of the psalms added these two verses, (M...
I think it would be wrong to break the thread of this most beautiful address, and therefore I have preserved it entire. In any, and in every sense, whether we behold it as the words of Christ, or of D...
19._And thy righteousness, O God! is very high. _(115) Some connect this verse with the preceding, and repeating the verb _I will declare, _as common to both verses, translate, And _I will declare thy...
Psalms 71, founded, I suppose, as much of this book, upon the flight of David on the rebellion of Absalom, presents, I apprehend, the sum of all God's ways with Israel from the commencement of their h...
THY RIGHTEOUSNESS ALSO, O GOD, [IS] VERY HIGH,.... Or, "unto [the place] on high" f; it reaches unto heaven, as the mercy, truth, and faithfulness of God, are said to do, Psalms 36:5. The righteousnes...
Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee! Ver. 19. _Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high_] Far above the reach of human reason;...
_Thy righteousness also is very high_ Most eminent and evident, as high things are; and that which thou hast in righteousness done for thy people is very great. God's righteousness, here intended, inc...
WARNING AND THANKSGIVING...
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, reaching even to the height of heaven, the highest point of creation, WHO HAST DONE GREAT THINGS, which the psalmist feels constrained to proclaim even now...
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 we...
VERY HIGH, i.e. most eminent and evident, as high things are....
Psalms 71:19 righteousness H6666 God H430 high H4791 done H6213 (H8804) things H1419 God H430 Thy righteousness -...
Psalms 71:1. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteous, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Be thou my strong habita...
This Psalm, written by an old man, is specially suitable for an old man. It is numbered seventy-one, and it may suit those who have reached that age; but it is also appropriate to us all in prospect o...
CONTENTS: Prayer that enemies might be put to shame. Joyful praise of God's goodness. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Those who live a life of confidence in God and continually resort to Him...
This psalm, though destitute of title, has passed down to us as composed by David, during the rebellion of Absalom. He uses the same words in his present troubles, as when Saul pursued him. Psalms 71...
_In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion._ A PICTURE OF A PIOUS OLD MAN I. The entreaties of a pious old man. 1. Against evil. (1) Moral failure (Psalms 70:1). (2) Gen...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 71:1. This is another individual lament, suited to a faithful person in danger from enemies who take advantage of any weakness or distress (vv. Psa
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Barnes, “is without a title. It is impossible to determine on what occasion it was composed. There is some plausibility in the supposition that Psalms 70 might have bee...
EXPOSITION Psalms 71:1 is, like so many others, a psalm divided between complaint and praise. It is comparatively wanting in originality, being, to a very great extent, an echo of other psalms, especi...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Psalms 71:1-24. Psalms 71:1-24 is the psalm of the aged man. Probably David as he was getting up into years, and his reddish colored hair had turned gray. David's li...
Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 40:18; Isaiah 40:25; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 55:9;...
Very high — Most eminent....