Psalms 71:20

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

Key Reflection

The psalmist extols God's righteousness as extending infinitely, symbolizing divine justice and morality that permeates all creation. The question "God, who is like you?" underscores the unique and incomparable nature of God's greatness and power, highlighting His singular standing among all beings.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles -Or rather, who hast caused us to see or experience great trials. The psalmist here, by a change from the singular to the plural, connects himself with his friends and followers, meaning that he had suffered with them and through them. It was not merely a personal affliction, but others connected with him had been identified with him, and his personal sorrows had been increased by the trials which had come upon them also. Our severest trials often are those which affect our friends.

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