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Psalm 71:22

I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.

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!
24My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.
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Notice

The harp and lyre sound after words about bitter troubles, making praise for God's faithfulness part of a prayer that still asks for comfort.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 92:1–3A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High,Both passages direct song toward God, praising him by name as the Most High or the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 33:2Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.Both passages name the harp and lyre as instruments for praising God.
2 Kings 19:22Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!The Holy One of Israel receives praise in the psalm and defiance in the rebuke recorded in Kings.
Psalm 89:18For our shield belongs to the LORD, our king to the Holy One of Israel.Both name the Holy One of Israel, linking praise and the king's belonging to the same God.
1 John 2:20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.Both use the title Holy One; the psalm speaks of praise, while John speaks of anointing and knowledge.
Habakkuk 3:18–19yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!Both speakers declare their own praise toward God, with Habakkuk expressing joy in the God of his salvation.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”Both direct audible praise toward the Holy One of Israel, through song in the psalm and shouting in Isaiah.
Isaiah 57:15For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble …Both name God's holiness; Isaiah also describes his dwelling with the humble and reviving their hearts.
Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom …Both name the Holy One of Israel, whose faithfulness receives praise in the psalm and whose word is despised in Isaiah.
Psalm 98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.God's faithfulness is the reason for praise in Psalm 71 and is remembered toward Israel in Psalm 98.
Isaiah 60:9Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of …Both name the Holy One of Israel as your God, in words of praise and promised return.
Micah 7:20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.Psalm 71 praises God's faithfulness; Micah expects God to keep the word sworn to Israel's fathers.
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Praise and worship. gratitude.

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Encouragement

Your praise need not leave bitter troubles unspoken. The singer has named them and asked for comfort; the reason for the music is God's faithfulness.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).