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Psalm 71:21
Increase my honor and comfort me again.
19God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you?
20You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
21Increase my honor and comfort me again.
22I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
23My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
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The word “again” carries the memory of comfort into a prayer spoken after bitter troubles, while the request for honor remains plain and bold.
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2 Samuel 3:1Now there was a long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.The link is limited: David gains strength during war, while the psalm’s speaker asks for increased honor and renewed comfort.
Psalm 86:17Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.Both prayers look to God for comfort, with Psalm 86 recalling help received and asking for a visible sign of goodness.
2 Corinthians 1:4–5who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are …God is the source of comfort in both passages; Corinthians also describes that comfort reaching others through those who receive it.
Psalm 18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.Both connect a person’s greatness or honor with God’s action, through a request in Psalm 71 and gratitude in Psalm 18.
Isaiah 12:1In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, the LORD; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.Both address God as the giver of comfort, though Isaiah’s thanksgiving names anger turned away and Psalm 71 asks for comfort again.
Psalm 32:10Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.Both look toward God’s care, described as comfort in Psalm 71 and loving kindness surrounding the person who trusts him in Psalm 32.
Isaiah 49:13Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.Both speak of God comforting those in trouble, with Isaiah announcing comfort for his people and Psalm 71 asking for it again.
Isaiah 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also …The connection is broad: Psalm 71 seeks personal help from God, while Isaiah describes God’s servant restoring Israel and carrying salvation to the nations.
Psalm 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.Both address God as the source of comfort, with Psalm 23 naming his presence, rod, and staff amid danger.
1 Chronicles 17:8I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are …Both connect honor with God’s action: the psalm asks for increased honor, and God promises David a name among the great.
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and …Both speak of increase through God’s action, though Isaiah concerns enduring government and peace while the psalm asks for personal honor.
2 Corinthians 2:14Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.The shared thread is dependence on God’s action: the psalm requests honor and comfort, while Corinthians thanks God for triumph in Christ.
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After bitter troubles, the speaker still asks God for honor and comfort. Needing comfort again belongs within a life of faith; the prayer turns to God for it.
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