Psalms 71:15
in Psalms 71My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
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ASV
My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, And of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof.
KJV
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
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This verse in Psalms 71
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Philoxenus of Mabbug13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 4 -- On Faith: First Discourse on Simplicity · Written before 523.
David the prophet sheweth that the mind which is remote from the cunning of human teachings is particularly able to comprehend the righteousness of God, and to possess courage of spirit and the confidence which will contend with all things, saying, "Because I know not …
This site's exposition
I will always hope
on Psalms 71:14-16
Against the taunt the psalmist sets his own resolve, to keep hoping and to praise God more and more. Verse 15 admits a limit, that the measure of God's righteousness and salvation is past his counting. The righteousness he proclaims is God's alone.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Then follows the clause "because I have not known business transactions." That part of the verse is recognized to create a problem unless it is well investigated. For if every person of business must be altogether condemned, not even those who are known to exercise …
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day. We are to bear testimony as experience enables us, and not withhold from others that which we have tasted and handled. The faithfulness of God in saving us, in delivering us out of the hand of our enemies, and in fulfilling his promises, is to be everywhere proclaimed by those who have proved it in their own history. How gloriously conspicuous is righteousness in the divine plan of redemption! It should be the theme of constant discourse.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
As for me, I shall constantly hope for Your salvation, and when You save me, I will add to Your praise.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פִּ֤י׀ | pi | mouth my | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יְסַפֵּ֬ר | yesaper | it will recount | H5608 → | 159 times |
| צִדְקָתֶ֗ךָ | tzidkatecha | righteousness your | H6666 → | 157 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| תְּשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ | teshuatekha | salvation your | H8668 → | 34 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֖א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָדַ֣עְתִּי | yada'ti | I know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| סְפֹרֽוֹת׃ | seforot | numbers | H5615 → |
פִּ֤י׀mouth my
piH6310 →498 times
יְסַפֵּ֬רit will recount
yesaperH5608 →159 times
צִדְקָתֶ֗ךָrighteousness your
tzidkatechaH6666 →157 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
תְּשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָsalvation your
teshuatekhaH8668 →34 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹ֖אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יָדַ֣עְתִּיI know
yada'tiH3045 →945 times
סְפֹרֽוֹת׃numbers
seforotH5615 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Psalms 139:17–18
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
- Psalms 92:5
How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
- Psalms 136:4
He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Jeremiah 29:11
Through
Psalms 35:28Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
it leads to
- Psalms 71:24
My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 71:24
Through
Psalms 71:8My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
it leads to
- Psalms 35:28
Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.
- Psalms 146:2
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
- Psalms 35:28
About Psalms
This page draws on Alexander Maclaren, The Psalms, Expositor's Bible; Cassiodorus, EXPOSITIONS OF THE PSALMS 70:15; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 and Philoxenus of Mabbug, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 4 -- On Faith: First Discourse on Simplicity.