Psalms 71:14

A PLEDGE TO KEEP ON PRAISING AND TRUSTING GOD

"But I will hope continually,

And will praise thee yet more and more.

My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness,

And of thy salvation all the day;

For I know not the numbers thereof.

I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah:

I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only."

"I will hope ... my mouth shall tell ... I will come ... I will make mention" (Psalms 71:14-16). These verbs are all future; and they amount to a pledge that David who has always praised and trusted God will continue to do so "more and more."

"I will praise thee more and more" (Psalms 71:14). What a marvelous answer is this to the inevitable encroachments upon life of age and infirmity. It is not a time for slowing down in the pursuit of holiness; it is not a time for leaving everything to the next generation; it is not a time for slackening zeal in our faithfulness to Christ and his Church. Indeed no! It is time for trusting God, "more and more." It is time for greater fidelity, more loving devotion, and "more and more" constancy in our adherence to the "Faith once for all delivered to the saints."

"I know not the numbers thereof" (Psalms 71:15). This is David's admission that, "The blessings of God upon him were innumerable."[11]

"Even of thine alone" (Psalms 71:16). This simply means that David promised not to make any mention at all of "his" righteousness, and that he would speak only of the marvelous righteousness of God. David had already learned the truth, mentioned in later generations by Isaiah, that, "All our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment" (Isaiah 64:6).