Psalm 71:21
New International Version
You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.

New Living Translation
You will restore me to even greater honor and comfort me once again.

English Standard Version
You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.

Berean Standard Bible
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

King James Bible
Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

New King James Version
You shall increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side.

New American Standard Bible
May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me.

NASB 1995
May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me.

NASB 1977
Mayest Thou increase my greatness, And turn to comfort me.

Legacy Standard Bible
May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me.

Amplified Bible
May You increase my greatness (honor) And turn to comfort me.

Christian Standard Bible
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

American Standard Version
Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You have increased my greatness and you have returned and you have comforted me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou didst multiply thy righteousness, and didst turn and comfort me, and broughtest me again out of the depths of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
You will make me truly great and take my sorrow away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast multiplied thy magnificence; and turning to me thou hast comforted me.

English Revised Version
Increase thou my greatness, and turn again and comfort me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You comfort me and make me greater than ever.

Good News Translation
You will make me greater than ever; you will comfort me again.

International Standard Version
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou wilt increase my greatness, And turn and comfort me.

Literal Standard Version
You increase my greatness, | And You surround—You comfort me,

Majority Standard Bible
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

New American Bible
Restore my honor; turn and comfort me,

NET Bible
Raise me to a position of great honor! Turn and comfort me!

New Revised Standard Version
You will increase my honor, and comfort me once again.

New Heart English Bible
Increase my honor, and comfort me again.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

World English Bible
Increase my honor and comfort me again.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest -- Thou comfortest me,

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Context
In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge
20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up. 21You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. 22So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.…

Cross References
Psalm 18:35
You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.

Psalm 23:4
Even 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.

Psalm 86:17
Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will say: "O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

Isaiah 49:13
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

increase

Psalm 72:11
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

comfort

Psalm 32:10
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

2 Corinthians 1:4,5
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God…

2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

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Psalm 71
1. David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself,
10. and against the enemies of his soul
14. He promises constancy
17. He prays for perseverance
19. He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully














(21) Comfort me on every side.--Literally, either thou wilt compass with comfort, or wilt turn with comfort. The LXX. adopts the latter.

Verse 21. - Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. The psalmist feels that the trial now laid upon him is the last - that henceforth his greatness and majesty will increase instead of diminishing, and that God will turn and comfort him (comp. 1 Chronicles 29:28).

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Hebrew
You will increase
תֶּ֤רֶב ׀ (te·reḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

my honor
גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י (gə·ḏul·lā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1420: Greatness, mighty acts

and comfort
תְּֽנַחֲמֵֽנִי׃ (tə·na·ḥă·mê·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

me once again.
וְתִסֹּ֥ב (wə·ṯis·sōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround


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