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Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/71.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>Thou</i>, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/71.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>You,</i> who have shown me great and severe troubles, Shall revive me again, And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/71.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/71.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/71.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou, who hast shown me many troubles and distresses, Wilt revive me again, And wilt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/71.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You, who have shown me many troubles and evils, Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/71.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive <i>and</i> renew me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/71.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but you will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/71.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but You will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/71.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/71.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You made me suffer a lot, but you will bring me back from this deep pit and give me new life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/71.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou, which hast shewed us many and sore troubles, shalt quicken us again, and shalt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/71.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You have made me endure many terrible troubles. You restore me to life again. You bring me back from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/71.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have sent troubles and suffering on me, but you will restore my strength; you will keep me from the grave. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/71.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/71.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/71.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/71.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/71.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou, who hast shown me great and severe troubles, wilt revive me again, and wilt bring me again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/71.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You, 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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/71.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Because You have showed me many and sad distresses, "" You turn back—You revive me, "" And from the depths of the earth, "" You turn back—You bring me up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/71.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/71.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who didst cause us to see great straits and evils; thou wilt turn back, thou wilt preserve us alive, and from the depths of the earth thou wilt turn back, thou wilt bring us up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/71.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />How great troubles hast thou shewn me, many and grievous: and turning thou hast brought me to life, and hast brought me back again from the depths of the earth : <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/71.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 70:20>How great is the tribulation that you have revealed to me: very great and evil. And so, turning back, you have brought me to life, and you have led me back again from the abyss of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/71.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Whatever bitter afflictions you sent me, you would turn and revive me. From the watery depths of the earth once more raise me up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/71.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/71.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou who hast shown me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/71.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have shown me great trouble and evil and you have returned and you have saved me, and even from the depths of the Earth you will return; you will raise me up!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/71.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou, who hast made me to see many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken me again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/71.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />What afflictions many and sore hast thou shewed me! yet thou didst turn and quicken me, and broughtest me again from the depths of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/71-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=8593" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/71.htm">In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You? <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">Though You</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: hir·ʾī·ṯa·nū (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms:: 1cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">have shown me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">many</a> <a href="/hebrew/6869.htm" title="6869: ṣā·rō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Tightness, a female rival. Feminine of tsar; tightness; transitively, a female rival.">troubles</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: wə·rā·‘ō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">and misfortunes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: tə·ḥay·yē·nū (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms:: 1cp) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">You will revive me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: tā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">once again.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8415.htm" title="8415: ū·mit·tə·hō·mō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-cpc) -- Deep, sea, abyss. Or thom; from huwm; an abyss, especially the deep.">Even from the depths</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ta·‘ă·lê·nî (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">You will bring me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: tā·šūḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">back up.</a> </span><span class="reftext">21</span>You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/5-18.htm">Job 5:18</a></span><br />For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17</a></span><br />Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">2 Corinthians 1:9-10</a></span><br />Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/5-10.htm">1 Peter 5:10</a></span><br />And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a></span><br />And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-14.htm">2 Corinthians 4:14</a></span><br />knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1-2</a></span><br />Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. / After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-31.htm">Lamentations 3:31-33</a></span><br />For the Lord will not cast us off forever. / Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. / For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-9</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a></span><br />We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a></span><br />For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Philippians 3:10-11</a></span><br />I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, / and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Ezekiel 37:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. / I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-6.htm">1 Samuel 2:6</a></span><br />The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You, which have showed me great and sore troubles, shall quicken me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">which</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1-3</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/60-3.htm">Psalm 60:3</a></b></br> Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/66-10.htm">Psalm 66:10-12</a></b></br> For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried… </p><p class="hdg">quicken</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/80-18.htm">Psalm 80:18</a></b></br> So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></b></br> Thy dead <i>men</i> shall live, <i>together with</i> my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew <i>is as</i> the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1,2</a></b></br> Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up… </p><p class="hdg">shall bring</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a></b></br> For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-2.htm">Psalm 40:2</a></b></br> He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, <i>and</i> established my goings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13</a></b></br> For great <i>is</i> thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/69-26.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/psalms/69-15.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/psalms/69-15.htm">Depths</a> <a href="/psalms/46-1.htm">Distresses</a> <a href="/psalms/69-34.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/71-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/69-32.htm">Live</a> <a href="/job/33-4.htm">Quicken</a> <a href="/psalms/69-4.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/psalms/69-32.htm">Revive</a> <a href="/psalms/85-6.htm">Revivest</a> <a href="/psalms/35-13.htm">Sad</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-19.htm">Severe</a> <a href="/psalms/71-18.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/psalms/60-3.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/psalms/31-21.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/psalms/71-18.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/psalms/54-7.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/psalms/41-3.htm">Turnest</a> <a href="/psalms/69-15.htm">Underworld</a> <a href="/psalms/69-15.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/psalms/67-4.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/73-21.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/psalms/73-8.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/psalms/77-16.htm">Depths</a> <a href="/psalms/107-6.htm">Distresses</a> <a href="/psalms/72-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/74-13.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/72-5.htm">Live</a> <a href="/psalms/80-18.htm">Quicken</a> <a href="/psalms/80-3.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/psalms/80-18.htm">Revive</a> <a href="/psalms/85-6.htm">Revivest</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-13.htm">Sad</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-10.htm">Severe</a> <a href="/psalms/78-11.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/psalms/78-11.htm">Shewn</a> <a href="/psalms/78-11.htm">Showed</a> <a href="/psalms/78-11.htm">Shown</a> <a href="/psalms/77-2.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/psalms/89-43.htm">Turnest</a> <a href="/psalms/86-13.htm">Underworld</a> <a href="/psalms/73-10.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/psalms/71-21.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 71</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/71-1.htm">David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/71-10.htm">and against the enemies of his soul</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/71-14.htm">He promises constancy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/71-17.htm">He prays for perseverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/71-19.htm">He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The troubles and misfortunes can be seen as part of the human experience, often used by God to refine and strengthen faith. Biblically, this echoes the experiences of figures like Job, who faced severe trials yet remained faithful. Theologically, it suggests that God allows challenges for a greater purpose, aligning with <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a>, which assures believers that all things work together for good for those who love God.<p><b>You will revive me once again</b><br>Here, the psalmist expresses hope and trust in God's power to restore and renew. This revival can be understood both physically and spiritually. Historically, Israel experienced cycles of sin, punishment, and restoration, as seen in the Book of Judges. Spiritually, this points to the concept of spiritual renewal and resurrection, a theme prevalent in the New Testament, particularly in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which assures believers of their own future resurrection (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-22</a>).<p><b>Even from the depths of the earth</b><br>This phrase can be interpreted as a metaphor for extreme despair or death. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the "depths of the earth" often symbolized Sheol, the realm of the dead. Theologically, it signifies that no situation is beyond God's reach. This is reminiscent of Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish (<a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Jonah 2:2</a>), where he calls out from the depths and is delivered. It also prefigures Christ's descent into the grave and His victorious resurrection, offering hope of deliverance from death for all believers.<p><b>You will bring me back up</b><br>The assurance of being brought back up signifies restoration and deliverance. This can be seen as a promise of God's faithfulness to His covenant people, as He repeatedly delivered Israel from their enemies. It also foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Christ's resurrection, which is the cornerstone of Christian hope. This promise is echoed in passages like <a href="/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3</a>, where God is praised for lifting the psalmist from the grave, and in the New Testament, where believers are assured of eternal life through Christ (<a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed to David, the psalmist is a figure who has experienced significant trials and is expressing trust in God's deliverance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in the psalm, depicted as the one who allows trials but also promises restoration and revival.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/depths_of_the_earth.htm">Depths of the Earth</a></b><br>Symbolic of extreme adversity or even death, from which the psalmist believes God will rescue him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in the midst of severe trials, believers are called to trust in God's ultimate control and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>The promise of revival and restoration is a recurring theme in Scripture, encouraging believers to maintain hope.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_trials.htm">God's Faithfulness in Trials</a></b><br>Reflect on past experiences of God's faithfulness as a source of strength during current adversities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_resurrection.htm">Spiritual Resurrection</a></b><br>The imagery of being brought up from the depths can also symbolize spiritual renewal and resurrection, pointing to the hope of eternal life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_through_suffering.htm">Perseverance through Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is not without purpose; it can lead to a deeper reliance on God and a stronger faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_71.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 71</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_71_20_relate_to_science.htm">Psalm 71:20 speaks of revival from the “depths of the earth.” How should this be understood in light of modern scientific knowledge about death and the afterlife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_skeptical_theism_say_on_divine_hiddenness.htm">What does the Bible say about mental health?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_faithful_still_suffer.htm">Psalm 20:1 - If this verse promises divine help in trouble, why do so many faithful people still suffer without apparent intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_leads_your_heart_to_truth.htm">What does the Bible say about aging?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/71.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) <span class= "bld">Quicken me.</span>--According to the written text, <span class= "ital">quicken us, </span>an indication that the psalm is a hymn for congregational use. As for the change from singular to plural, that is common enough.<p><span class= "bld">Depths . . .</span>--Abysses, properly of water. (See <a href="/psalms/33-7.htm" title="He gathers the waters of the sea together as an heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses.">Psalm 33:7</a>.) Perhaps here with thought of the waters on which the earth was supposed to rest. If so, the image is the common one of a "sea of trouble."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/71.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again;</span> or, according to another reading, <span class="accented">which hast showed us</span> - <span class="accented">shalt deliver us.</span> The change of number may be ascribed to the desire of the psalmist to unite his people with himself in the hopes of deliverance which he is expressing. <span class="cmt_word">And shalt bring me up again</span> (rather, <span class="accented">shalt bring us up again</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>from the depths of the earth.</span> 'The "depths of the earth" is a metaphor for the extreme of misery and depression (comp. <a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Psalm 88:6</a>; <a href="/psalms/130-1.htm">Psalm 130:1</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/71-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Though you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have shown me</span><br /><span class="heb">הִרְאִיתַ֨נִי ׀</span> <span class="translit">(hir·’î·ṯa·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבּ֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">troubles</span><br /><span class="heb">צָר֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6869.htm">Strong's 6869: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tightness, a female rival</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and misfortunes,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָ֫ע֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You will revive me</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּחַיֵּ֑ינִי</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḥay·yê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">once again.</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּשׁ֥וּב</span> <span class="translit">(tā·šūḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Even from the depths</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽמִתְּהֹמ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mit·tə·hō·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8415.htm">Strong's 8415: </a> </span><span class="str2">An abyss, the deep</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You will bring me</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעֲלֵֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ta·‘ă·lê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">back up.</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּשׁ֥וּב</span> <span class="translit">(tā·šūḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/71-20.htm">Psalm 71:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/71-20.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 71:20 You who have shown us many (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/71-19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 71:19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 71:19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/71-21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 71:21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 71:21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>