Bible Strands
Psalms 71:19
Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly while confronting advanced age and prior afflictions, positioning the declaration as a response to divine rescue and a bridge to future generations.
The words — צִדְקָתְךָ (tzidkatkha) translates literally as "your righteousness," and מָרוֹם (marom) means "the height" or "heavens," anchoring the verse's spatial imagery.
The thread — The phrase "reaches to the heavens" recurs in Psalms 36:5 and 57:10 to describe divine steadfastness, while the rhetorical question "Who is like You?" echoes Psalms 35:10 in highlighting unmatched deliverance.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that God's moral character and mighty acts transcend earthly limits, requiring the reader to stop measuring divine capability by human experience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
Cross-references
- Psalms 35:10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
- Psalms 36:5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Psalms 57:10 For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
- Exodus 15:11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Psalms 86:8 O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- Psalms 89:6 For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
- Psalms 126:2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Isaiah 40:18 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Jeremiah 10:7 Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.