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Psalm 71:15

My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.

13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
14But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
17God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
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The promise to speak “all day” comes with an admission of limited knowledge, leaving room for praise that exceeds what you can count or explain.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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John 21:25There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they would all be written, I suppose that even the world itself wouldn’t have room for the books …Both texts describe more than a speaker or writer can recount: God’s salvation in the psalm and Jesus’ deeds in John.
Psalm 40:5Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare …Both psalms join a resolve to speak of God’s works with the admission that those works exceed counting.
Psalm 35:28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.Both speakers pledge to talk about God’s righteousness all day, making sustained speech a form of praise.
Psalm 92:2to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,Both passages describe proclaiming God’s goodness across the day, with Psalm 92 naming morning and night.
Job 9:10He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.God’s deeds exceed human reckoning in both texts: salvation beyond full measure and marvelous things without number.
Psalm 66:16Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.Both speakers resolve to tell what God has done, with Psalm 66 addressing those who fear God.
1 Chronicles 16:23Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Display his salvation from day to day.God’s salvation is the subject of sustained proclamation in both passages, all day in one and day to day in the other.
Proverbs 5:2that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.Both mention speech, though Proverbs concerns lips preserving knowledge while the psalm concerns a mouth telling of God’s righteousness.
2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate the LORD? Because of …The connection is limited to speech about God’s dealings: the psalm declares his salvation, while Jehu announces his wrath against Jehoshaphat.
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Praise and worship. gratitude. answered prayer.

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You do not need a complete account of God’s saving work before speaking of it. The psalmist praises while admitting that its full measure is beyond him.

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