Psalms 71:1
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
Psalms 71:2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me. Bow down thine ear to me, and save me.
Psalms 71:3
Be thou to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually resort. Thou have given commandment to save me, for thou are my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 71:4
Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of a wicked man, out of the hand of an unrighteous and cruel man.
Psalms 71:5
For thou are my hope, O lord Jehovah, my trust from my youth.
Psalms 71:6
By thee I have been held up from the womb. Thou are he who took me out of my mother's bowels. My praise shall be continually of thee.
Psalms 71:7
I am as a wonder to many, but thou are my strong refuge.
Psalms 71:8
My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, and with thy honor all the day.
Psalms 71:9
Cast me not off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails.
Psalms 71:10
For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my soul take counsel together,
Psalms 71:11
saying, God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver.
Psalms 71:12
O God, be not far from me. O my God, make haste to help me.
Psalms 71:13
Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my soul. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.
Psalms 71:14
But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.
Psalms 71:15
My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, of thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers.
Psalms 71:16
I will come with the mighty acts of the lord Jehovah. I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Psalms 71:17
O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now.
Psalms 71:18
Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.
Psalms 71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, thou who have done great things. O God, who is like thee?
Psalms 71:20
Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms 71:21
Increase thou my greatness, and turn again and comfort me.
Psalms 71:22
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God. To thee I will sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 71:23
My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to thee, and my soul, which thou have redeemed.
Psalms 71:24
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long. For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek my hurt.