KJV King James Version
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
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Psalm 71:15
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
WEB World English Bible
My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
ASV American Standard Version
My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, And of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.
Surrounding context — Psalm 71
12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
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.
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Psalm 40:5Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.Psalm 35:28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.Psalm 71:8Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.Psalm 139:17-18How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!Psalm 145:5-14I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.Psalm 145:2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.Psalm 89:16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.Psalm 71:24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.Psalm 40:9-10I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.Psalm 30:12To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.Psalm 22:22-25I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.Psalm 40:12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
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