Psalms 71:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם־אֲנִ֤י ׀ אוֹדְךָ֣ בִכְלִי־נֶבֶל֮ אֲמִתְּךָ֢ אֱלֹ֫הָ֥י אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה לְךָ֣ בְכִנּ֑וֹר קְ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

Also-ʾănî ʾôḏəkā with kəlî-nebel ʾămittəkā ʾĕlōhāy ʾăzammərāh to you with kinnôr qəḏôš yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - 'I'
• *ʾôḏəkā*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'I will praise you'
• *kəlî*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'instrument of'
• *nebel*: noun, masculine singular - 'harp/lute'
• *ʾămittəkā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your faithfulness'
• *ʾĕlōhāy*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my God'
• *ʾăzammərāh*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - 'let me sing praise'
• *kinnôr*: noun, masculine singular - 'lyre'
• *qəḏôš*: adjective, masculine singular construct - 'holy one of'
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'

Word Meanings

• *ʾôḏəkā*: I will praise you/I will thank you/I will acknowledge you
• *kəlî*: instrument/vessel/implement
• *nebel*: harp/lute/string instrument
• *ʾămittəkā*: your faithfulness/your truth/your reliability
• *ʾĕlōhāy*: my God/my deity
• *ʾăzammərāh*: let me sing praise/I will make music/I will play
• *kinnôr*: lyre/harp/stringed instrument
• *qəḏôš*: holy one of/sacred one of/set-apart one of

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 19:22 : 22 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted, and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!
• Ps 89:18 : 18 For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 33:2 : 2 Give thanks to the LORD with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!
• Isa 60:9 : 9 Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.
• Ps 92:1-3 : 1 A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High! 2 It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night, 3 to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.
• Ps 98:3 : 3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.
• Ps 138:2 : 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.
• Ps 144:9 : 9 O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,
• Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp! 4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute! 5 Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals!
• Isa 5:16 : 16 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted when he punishes, the holy God’s authority will be recognized when he judges.
• Isa 5:19 : 19 They say,“Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!”
• Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
• Isa 30:11-12 : 11 Turn aside from the way; stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.” 12 For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:“You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.
• Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
• Mic 7:20 : 20 You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.
• Hab 3:18-19 : 18 I will rejoice because of the LORD; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me! 19 The sovereign LORD is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.(This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
• Rom 15:8 : 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,
• Ps 56:4 : 4 In God– I boast in his promise– in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?
• Ps 78:41 : 41 They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 89:1 : 1 A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the LORD’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
• Ps 25:10 : 10 The LORD always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.