The Meaning of Psalms 71:22 Explained

Psalms 71:22

KJV: I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

YLT: I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,

Darby: I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, my God; unto thee will I sing psalms with the harp, thou holy One of Israel.

ASV: I will also praise thee with the psaltery, Even thy truth, O my God: Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I will also praise  thee with the psaltery,  [even] thy truth,  O my God:  unto thee will I sing  with the harp,  O thou Holy One  of Israel. 

What does Psalms 71:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 71:13-24 - The Greatest Of All Workers
The singer glances both backward and forward. He goes back in thought to the time when he was cast on God at birth, and acknowledges that God has taught him from his youth and has enabled him to declare God's wondrous works. We may make the same retrospect, and as we muse on all that God has been to us, we may be assured that He will not forsake the work of His own hands, Psalms 138:8. His deliverances will give cause for endless praise, even when our eyes are closing and the heart waxes feeble in death.
But let us also think of those who are following us, and see to it that we leave behind some record of God's righteousness and salvation. Let us place a flaming torch in the hands of our children for them in turn to pass on. Let us show God's strength and power to those who are to come.
The best occupation for the aged is praise, Psalms 71:8; Psalms 71:14; Psalms 71:22-23. Thy mouth shall be filled"¦ shall tell"¦ shall talk. When our hearts are bubbling over with good matter, Psalms 45:1, we can leave our speech to take care of itself. Love will not lack for means of expression. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 71

1  David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself,
10  and against the enemies of his soul
14  He promises constancy
17  He prays for perseverance
19  He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully

What do the individual words in Psalms 71:22 mean?

Also I will praise you with the lute [And] Your faithfulness my God I will sing to You with the harp Holy one of Israel
גַּם־ אֲנִ֤י ׀ אוֹדְךָ֣ בִכְלִי־ נֶבֶל֮ אֲמִתְּךָ֪ אֱלֹ֫הָ֥י אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה לְךָ֣ בְכִנּ֑וֹר קְ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

גַּם־  Also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
אוֹדְךָ֣  will  praise  you 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
נֶבֶל֮  the  lute 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root:  
Sense: a skin-bag, jar, pitcher.
אֲמִתְּךָ֪  [And]  Your  faithfulness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱמֶת  
Sense: firmness, faithfulness, truth.
אֱלֹ֫הָ֥י  my  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה  I  will  sing 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: זָמַר  
Sense: to sing, sing praise, make music.
לְךָ֣  to  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
בְכִנּ֑וֹר  with  the  harp 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כִּנּׄור  
Sense: lyre, harp.
קְ֝ד֗וֹשׁ  Holy  one 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: קָדֹושׁ  
Sense: sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.