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Psalms 71:16 — King James Version← Study notes

I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.


Psalms 71:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:167 words
HebrewMeaning
אָב֗וֹאʾābwōʾ
I will comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
בִּ֭/גְבֻרוֹתbigəburwōt
with the mighty deeds ofpronH1369
mastery · might · mighty (act · power) ···
אֲדֹנָ֣/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
יְהוִ֑הyəhwih
YahwehnounH3069
אַזְכִּ֖ירʾazəkiyr
I will bring to remembranceverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
צִדְקָתְ/ךָ֣ṣidəqātəkā
righteousness yournounH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
לְ/בַדֶּֽ/ךָləbadekā
to alone youpronH905
apart · bar · besides · branch ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 71:16

1. In all the holy Scriptures the grace of God that delivers us commends itself to us, in order that it may have us commended. This is sung of in this Psalm, whereof we have undertaken to speak....This grace the Apostle commends: by this he got to have the Jews for enemies, boasting of the letter of the law and of their own justice. This then commending in the lesson which has been read, he says thus: “For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not worthy to be called an…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 71 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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