My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Parallel translations
- WEB My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- BSB My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
- NKJV My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And Your salvation all the day, For I do not know their limits.
- NASB My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the art of writing.
- NLT I will tell everyone about your righteousness. All day long I will proclaim your saving power, though I am not skilled with words.
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Quick answer
The psalmist resolves to keep telling of God's righteousness and salvation all day long, even though their fullness exceeds his ability to count or comprehend.
Overview
In this prayer of an aging believer, the psalmist commits his mouth to continual testimony about God's saving righteousness. He confesses that God's deliverances are too many to number, a humility that magnifies God rather than diminishing the praise. This God-centered, lifelong witness anticipates the gospel, where God's righteousness and salvation are fully revealed and freely given in Christ (Romans 1:16-17).
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Cross-references · 12
- Ps 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.
- Ps 35:28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
- Ps 71:8Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
- Ps 145:5–14I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
- Ps 139:17–18How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
- Ps 145:2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
- Ps 89:16In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 40:9–10I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
- Ps 22:22–25I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 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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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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