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Psalms 71:19

71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. when: Heb. unto old age and gray hairs thy strength: Heb. thine arm
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

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Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?

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

Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who have done great things: O God, who is like to you!

71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

What does Psalms 71:19 mean?

Psalms 71:19 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צְדָקָה (tsᵉdâqâh), אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), מָרוֹם (mârôwm).

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Thy
righteousnessצְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh/tsed-aw-kaw'/H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
also,
O
God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
is
very
high,מָרוֹםmârôwm/maw-rome'/H4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
who
hast
doneעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
great
things:גָּדוֹלgâdôwl/gaw-dole'/H1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
O
God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
who
is
like
unto
thee!

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 71:19.

Genesis 1:16

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. to rule the day: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 1:7

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

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What does Psalms 71:19 say?

Psalms 71:19 (King James Version) reads: "Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!"

Is Psalms 71:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 71:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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