Psalms 71:15

71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

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My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.

My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

What does Psalms 71:15 mean?

Psalms 71:15 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פֶּה (peh), סָפַר (çâphar), צְדָקָה (tsᵉdâqâh).

Hebrew interlinear

mouthפֶּהpeh/peh/H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

shall

shew

forthסָפַרçâphar/saw-far'/H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate

thy

righteousnessצְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh/tsed-aw-kaw'/H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

and

thy

salvationתְּשׁוּעָהtᵉshûwʻâh/tesh-oo-aw'/H8668rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)

all

the

day;יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

for

knowיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

not

the

numbersסְפֹרָהçᵉphôrâh/sef-o-raw'/H5615a numeration

thereof.

Topics

Praise Righteousness of God, the Salvation

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 71:15.

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Genesis 3:5

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 8:11

And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

Psalms 40:10

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Psalms 51:14

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. bloodguiltiness: Heb. bloods

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 71:15 say?

Psalms 71:15 (King James Version) reads: "My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof."

Is Psalms 71:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 71:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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