Psalm 71:24 {70:24}
Good News Translation
I will speak of your righteousness all day long, because those who tried to harm me have been defeated and disgraced.

New Revised Standard Version
All day long my tongue will talk of your righteous help, for those who tried to do me harm have been put to shame, and disgraced.

Contemporary English Version
All day long I will announce your power to save. I will tell how you disgraced and disappointed those who wanted to hurt me.

New American Bible
Yes, my tongue shall recount your justice day by day. For those who sought my ruin have been shamed and disgraced.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yea and my tongue shall meditate on thy justice all the day; when they shall be confounded and put to shame that seek evils to me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Yea and my tongue shall meditate on thy justice all the day; when they shall be confounded and put to shame that seek evils to me.

My tongue

Psalm 71:8,15 Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may sing thy glory; thy greatness all the day long. . . .

Psalm 37:30 The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.

Deuteronomy 11:19 Teach your children that they meditate on them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest on the way, and when thou liest down and risest up.

Proverbs 10:20,21 The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding. . . .

Matthew 12:35 A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth: but that which is good, to the edification of faith: that it may administer grace to the hearers.

for they

Psalm 71:13 Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul; let them be covered with confusion and blame that seek my hurt.

Psalm 18:37-43 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed. . . .

Psalm 92:11 My eye also hath looked down upon my enemies: and my ear shall hear of the downfall of the malignant that rise up against me.

1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet.

Context
In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge
23My lips shall greatly rejoice, when I shall sing to thee; and my soul which thou hast redeemed. 24Yea and my tongue shall meditate on thy justice all the day; when they shall be confounded and put to shame that seek evils to me.
Cross References
Psalm 6:10
Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.

Psalm 35:28
And my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day long.

Psalm 66:16
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.

Psalm 71:13
Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul; let them be covered with confusion and blame that seek my hurt.

Psalm 71:23
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