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Psalms 71:19 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 71:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 71:1910 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/צִדְקָתְ/ךָ֥wəṣidəqātəkā
and righteousness yourconjH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
אֱלֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עַדʿad
is topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
מָ֫ר֥וֹםmārwōm
the heightnounH4791
dignity · haughty · height · (most ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָשִׂ֥יתָʿāśiytā
you have doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
גְדֹל֑וֹתgədōlwōt
great thingsadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗יםʾĕlōhiym
O GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מִ֣יmiy
who?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
כָמֽוֹ/ךָkāmwōkā
is like youpronH3644
as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···
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 71:19

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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