Psalms 71:22

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁴But I will always hope and will praise You more and more. ¹⁵My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure. ¹⁶I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness-Yours alone. ¹⁷O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds. ¹⁸Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come. ¹⁹Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You? ²⁰Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up. ²¹You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. ²²So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.²³My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to You, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

psaltery: Heb. instrument of psaltery, Psalms 92:1-3, Psalms 150:3-5, Habakkuk 3:18, Habakkuk 3:19

even: Psalms 25:10, Psalms 56:4, Psalms 89:1, Psalms 98:3, Psalms 138:2, Micah 7:20, Romans 15:8

O thou: Psalms 89:18, 2 Kings 19:22, Isaiah 5:16, Isaiah 5:19, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 12:6, Isaiah 30:11, Isaiah 30:12, Isaiah 43:3, Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 60:9

Reciprocal: Psalms 31:14 - Thou Psalms 43:4 - upon Psalms 101:1 - unto thee Psalms 109:30 - greatly 1 John 2:20 - the Holy

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will also praise thee with the psaltery,.... An instrument of music; :-;

[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, Psalms 97:12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will also praise thee with the psaltery - Margin, as in Hebrew, “with the instrument of psaltery.” The Hebrew word is נבל nebel. In Isaiah 5:12 it is rendered “viol.” See the notes at that passage. It is rendered “psaltery” in 1 Samuel 10:5; 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Kings 10:12; and elsewhere. Compare the notes at Psalms 33:2.

Even thy truth - I will make mention of thy truth and faithfulness in my songs of praise; or, I will celebrate these in connection with appropriate music.

Unto thee will I sing with the harp - Hebrew, כנור kinnôr. See the notes at Isaiah 5:12. Compare the notes at Psalms 33:2.

O thou Holy One of Israel - The God of Israel or the Hebrew people; the God regarded by them as most holy, and worshipped by them as their God. This is the first time that this title occurs in the Psalms, but it is common in the prophets, particularly in Isaiah. See Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 5:19, Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 10:20; Isaiah 12:6. It occurs also in Psalms 78:41; Psalms 89:18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 71:22. I will also praise thee with the psaltery — בכלי נבל bichli nebel, with the instrument nebel. Unto thee will I sing with the harp; בכנור bechinnor, with the kinnor. Both were stringed instruments, and the principal used in the Jewish worship; and with which, or any thing like them, in Divine worship, we, as Christians, have nothing to do.