Psalms 71:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! ”

Psalms 71:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 t...
Psalms 71:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Psalms 71:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 71:1-3 . Quoted from Psa...
Psalms 71:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

who is like unto Thee. This is the cry of all God's saints. See note on Exodus 15:11 .
Psalms 71:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 71:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! Thy righteousness - is very high - עד מרום ad marom - is up to the exalted place, reaches up...
Psalms 71:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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' ( Psalm...
Psalms 71:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. of prayer ( Psalms 71:1-13 ) and praise ( Psalms 71:14-24 ) was apparently written by an old man ( Psalms 71:9 ; Psalms 71:18 ) and in the time of the exile. Some parts of it are undoubtedl...
Psalms 71:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 gr...
Psalms 71:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 71:1-24 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 th...
Psalms 71:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Greatest of All Workers Psalms 71:13-24 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 tau...
Psalms 71:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 71:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 71:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 righteo...
Psalms 71:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 reaso...
Psalms 71:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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, in...
Psalms 71:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joyful Praises; Rejoicing in Hope. 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. 15 My mout...
Psalms 71:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Very high, i.e. most eminent and evident, as high things are.
Psalms 71:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 71:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 71:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 71:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 )...
Psalms 71:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Psalms 71:1-19 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 psa...
Psalms 71:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning and Thanksgiving
Psalms 71:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 15:11 ; Isaiah 40:18 ; Isaiah 40:25 ; Isaiah 5:16 ; Isaiah 55:9 ; Jeremiah 10:7 ; Job 5:9 ; Proverbs 15:24 ; Proverbs 24:7 ; Psalms 139:6 ; Psalms 35:10 ; Psalms 36:5 ; Psalms 36:...
Psalms 71:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Very high — Most eminent.

Psalms 71:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 71:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 71:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 71:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 71:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 71:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 71:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 71:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 71:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 71:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 71:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 71:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 71:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 71:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 71:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 71:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes