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13 I have recited aloud
    all the regulations you have given us.

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13 With my lips I recount
    all the laws that come from your mouth.(A)

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15 I will tell everyone about your righteousness.
    All day long I will proclaim your saving power,
    though I am not skilled with words.[a]
16 I will praise your mighty deeds, O Sovereign Lord.
    I will tell everyone that you alone are just.

17 O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,
    and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.
18 Now that I am old and gray,
    do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,
    your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

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Footnotes

  1. 71:15 Or though I cannot count it.

15 My mouth will tell(A) of your righteous deeds,(B)
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.
16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts,(C) Sovereign Lord;
    I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(D) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(E)
18 Even when I am old and gray,(F)
    do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power(G) to the next generation,
    your mighty acts to all who are to come.(H)

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I have told all your people about your justice.
    I have not been afraid to speak out,
    as you, O Lord, well know.
10 I have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart;
    I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power.
I have told everyone in the great assembly
    of your unfailing love and faithfulness.

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I proclaim your saving acts(A) in the great assembly;(B)
    I do not seal my lips, Lord,
    as you know.(C)
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
    I speak of your faithfulness(D) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
    from the great assembly.(E)

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20 We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”

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20 As for us, we cannot help speaking(A) about what we have seen and heard.”(B)

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34 You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.

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172 Let my tongue sing about your word,
    for all your commands are right.

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172 May my tongue sing(A) of your word,
    for all your commands are righteous.(B)

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46 I will speak to kings about your laws,
    and I will not be ashamed.

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46 I will speak of your statutes before kings(A)
    and will not be put to shame,(B)

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17 I will not die; instead, I will live
    to tell what the Lord has done.

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17 I will not die(A) but live,
    and will proclaim(B) what the Lord has done.

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30 The godly offer good counsel;
    they teach right from wrong.

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30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,(A)
    and their tongues speak what is just.

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11 Come, my children, and listen to me,
    and I will teach you to fear the Lord.

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11 Come, my children, listen(A) to me;
    I will teach you(B) the fear of the Lord.(C)

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27 What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!

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27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.

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