Psalms 71:22

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
praise	אוֹדְךָ֣ 'od.Kha	H3034	physically · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
psaltery	בִכְלִי vikh.li-	H3627	something prepared · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
truth	אֲמִתְּךָ֪ 'a.mi.te.Kha	H571	stability · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
God	אֱלֹ֫הָ֥י 'e.Lo.Hai	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
sing	אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה 'a.za.me.Rah	H2167	play upon it · verb, piel infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
harp	בְכִנּ֑וֹר ve.khi.Nor	H3658	a harp · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
One	קְ֝ד֗וֹשׁ ke.Do.osh	H6918	sacred (ceremonially or morally) · adjective, masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 92:1-3 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
2 Kings 19:22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the H…
Psalms 33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Psalms 89:18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that i…
Habakkuk 3:18-19 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Psalms 98:3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 71:14–end

David is here in a holy transport of joy and praise, arising from his faith and hope in God; we have both together Psa 71:14, where there is a sudden and remarkable change of his voice; his fears are all silenced, his hopes raised, and his prayers turned into thanksgivings. "Let my enemies say what they will, to drive me to despair, I will hope continually, hope in all conditions, in the most cloudy and dark day; I will live upon hope and will hope to the end." Since we hope in one that will never fail us, let not our hope in him fail us, and then we shall praise him yet more and more. "The more they reproach me the more closely will I cleave to thee; I will praise thee more and better than…

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John Gill on Psalms 71:22

I will also praise thee with the psaltery,.... An instrument of music; See Gill on Psalm 33:2; even thy truth, O my God; that is, his faithfulness in fulfilling his promises, which is never suffered to fail; unto thee will I sing with the harp; another instrument of music; and both typical of the spiritual melody in the heart, which believers make in praising the Lord, when they sing the Lamb's new song; see Revelation 14:2; O thou Holy One of Israel; the God of Israel, that dwells among them, and sanctifies them; and who is essentially and perfectly holy in himself, and in all his ways and works; the remembrance of which occasions praise and thankfulness, Psalm 97:12.

John Calvin on Psalms 71:20–end

Psalm 71:20-24 20. Thou hast made me to see great and sore troubles, but turning, thou wilt quicken me, and turning [116] thou wilt lift me up from the deep places of the earth. [117] 21. Thou wilt multiply my greatness; and turning, thou wilt comfort me. 22. I will also, O my God: praise thee, for thy truth, with the psaltery; I will sing to thee with the harp, O Holy One of Israel! 23. My lips shall rejoice when I sing to thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. 24. My tongue also shall daily declare thy righteousness: for they who seek my hurt are confounded and brought to shame. 20. Thou hast made me to see great and sore troubles. The verb to see among the Hebrews, as is well know…

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The Church Fathers

"For I will confess to Thee in the vessels of a Psalm Thy truth" (ver. 22). The vessels of a Psalm are a Psaltery. But what is a Psaltery? An instrument of wood and strings. What doth it signify? There is some difference between it and a harp: ...there seemeth to be signified by the Psaltery the Spirit, by the harp the flesh. And because he had spoken of two bringings back of ours from the bottomless places of the earth, one after the Spirit in hope, the other after the body in substance; hear thou of these two: "For I will confess to Thee in the vessels of a Psalm Thy truth." This after the Spirit: concerning the body what? "I will psalm to Thee on a harp, Holy One of Israel."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 71

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Afflicted Saints · Should praise God — Should praise God
Harp · Used in worship — Used in worship
Music · Instruments of: Psaltery — Instruments of: Psaltery
Psaltery · Used in religious services — Used in religious services
Truth Of God, The · We should: Magnify — We should: Magnify

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 71:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 71:14–end

John Gill on Psalms 71:22

John Calvin on Psalms 71:20–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 71:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 71:14–end

John Gill on Psalms 71:22

John Calvin on Psalms 71:20–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 71:19–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 71:22-24

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 71:22