Psalms 71:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. Who is like you, O God?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְצִדְקָתְךָ֥ אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַד־מָ֫ר֥וֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתָ גְדֹל֑וֹת אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים מִ֣י כָמֽוֹךָ׃

Transliteration

And ṣidqātəkā ʾĕlōhîm unto-mārôm which-ʿāśîtā gəḏōlôt ʾĕlōhîm who like kāmôkā

Grammar Details

• *ṣidqātəkā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your righteousness'
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'God'
• *mārôm*: noun, masculine singular - 'height/heaven'
• *ʿāśîtā*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'you have done'
• *gəḏōlôt*: adjective, feminine plural - 'great things'
• *kāmôkā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'like you'

Word Meanings

• *ṣidqātəkā*: your righteousness/your justice/your righteous acts
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
• *mārôm*: height/heaven/high place
• *ʿāśîtā*: you have done/you have made/you have performed
• *gəḏōlôt*: great things/mighty deeds/significant acts
• *kāmôkā*: like you/comparable to you/equal to you

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who has done great things; O God, who is like unto you!

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done{H8804)} great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou hast brought me to greate honoure, & comforted me on euery syde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thy righteousnes, O God, I wil exalt on high: for thou hast done great thinges: O God, who is like vnto thee!

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And vntyll I haue exceedyngly exalted O Lorde thy ryghteousnesse: for great thynges are they that thou hast done, O Lorde who is lyke vnto thee?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; You have done great things. God, who is like you?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Thy righteousness, O God, `is' unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who `is' like Thee?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 35:10 : 10 All my bones will say, 'Lord, who is like You? You rescue the afflicted from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from their oppressors.'
• Ps 57:10 : 10 I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations.
• Ps 36:5-6 : 5 He plans wickedness on his bed; he positions himself on a way that is not good; he does not despise evil. 6 Lord, your steadfast love reaches to the heavens; your faithfulness to the clouds.
• Isa 55:9 : 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
• Ps 89:6-8 : 6 The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, and also your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones. 7 For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD? 8 God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, more awesome than all who surround him.
• Ps 126:2-3 : 2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues with joyful songs. Then it was said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them.' 3 The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.
• Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
• Prov 15:24 : 24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.
• Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted through justice, and the Holy God will show Himself holy through righteousness.
• Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him?
• Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
• Jer 10:7 : 7 Who should not fear You, King of the nations? This is Your due. Among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like You.
• Luke 1:49 : 49 For the Mighty One has done great things for me, and His name is holy.
• Ps 72:18 : 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
• Ps 86:8 : 8 There is none like You among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like Yours.
• Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?
• Job 5:9 : 9 He performs great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.