Psalm 71:21

Translations

Modern

You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

Traditional

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

Literal

You will increase my honor, and surrounding me, You will comfort me.

Latin

Multiplicasti magnificentiam tuam; et conversus consolatus es me.

Original

Hebrew

English

You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

Notes

Psalms 71:21

Knowing God provides comfort also assures the poet of God's presence, care, and goodness (Psalms 23:4, 6; 86:17). God's comfort increases the psalmist's sense of being alive (see Psalm 119:50).

Psalms 71:19–21

God’s righteous character provides encouragement and strength in the midst of suffering. The wounded psalmist confesses faith in God’s ability to transform his misery and weakness into abundant life.

Psalms 71:1–24

This untitled lament by an aging believer is more a confession of confidence and hope than a cry of abandonment by God. The psalmist experienced God's power and protection in his youth (Psalm 71:5–8) and now prays for rescue from enemies who pursue him in his old age (Psalm 71:9–13).

Even in danger, he continues to speak of God's past faithfulness and looks forward with hope to sharing with the next generation that God is faithful and righteous.

Psalms 69:1–72:20

These last four psalms of Book Two contrast with the earlier psalms that describe God’s mighty acts in creation and redemption, ending with God’s march to Zion (Psalms 65–68). Psalms 69–71 describe the king's suffering, and Psalm 72 responds with a prayer for God to bless the king.

Theme notes and profiles

David

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…who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
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Topics

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