Psalms 71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
Psalms 71:19 in other translations
| BSB | Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You? |
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| WEB | God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you? |
| ASV | Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee? |
| YLT | And Thy righteousness, O God, is unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who is like Thee? |
| DARBY | And thy righteousness, OGod, reacheth on high, thou who hast done great things: OGod, who is like unto thee? |
| BBE | Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you? |
| Webster | Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like to thee! |
What does Psalms 71:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 71:17-21
17-21. Past experience again encourages. taught me, &c.--by providential dealings.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 71:14-24
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…
Psalms 71:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 71:19
- Psalms 35:10
All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- Psalms 36:5-6
Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.
- Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Psalms 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Psalms 126:2-3
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
- Psalms 89:6-8
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
- Psalms 86:8
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- Jeremiah 10:7
Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
- Isaiah 40:25
To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
- Psalms 72:18
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
36:5,6; 57:10; 139:6; Pr 15:24; 24:7; Isa 5:16; 55:9
who hast.
72:18; 126:2,3; Job 5:9
who is like.God is alone,--who can resemble Him? He is that eternal, illimitable, unimpartible, unchangeable, incomprehensible, uncompounded, ineffable Being, whose essence is hidden from all created intelligences, and whose counsels cannot be fathomed by any creature.
35:10; 86:8; 89:6-8; Ex 15:11; Isa 40:18,25; Jer 10:7
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Psalms 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
- Psalms 71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
- Psalms 71:20
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms 71:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tu justicia, oh Dios, hasta lo excelso; porque has hecho grandes cosas: oh Dios, ¿quién como tú? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ta justice, ô Dieu! est haut élevée. Toi qui as fait de grandes choses, ô Dieu! qui est comme toi? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und deine Gerechtigkeit, o Gott, reicht bis zur Höhe; du, der du große Dinge getan hast, o Gott, wer ist wie du? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et benedictum nomen majestatis ejus in æternum, et replebitur majestate ejus omnis terra. Fiat, fiat. |