Psalms 71:1
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
Psalms 71:2
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thy ear to me, and save me.
Psalms 71:3
Be thou my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.
Psalms 71:4
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Psalms 71:5
For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
Psalms 71:6
By thee have I been sustained from my birth: thou art he that brought me into life: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
Psalms 71:7
I am as a wonder to many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.
Psalms 71:8
Let my mouth 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 faileth.
Psalms 71:10
For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
Psalms 71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].
Psalms 71:12
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Psalms 71:13
Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
Psalms 71:14
But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
Psalms 71:15
My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
Psalms 71:16
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.
Psalms 71:17
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
Psalms 71:18
Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength to [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
Psalms 71:19
Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like to thee!
Psalms 71:20
[Thou], who hast shown me great and severe troubles, wilt revive me again, and wilt bring me again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms 71:21
Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
Psalms 71:22
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: to thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 71:23
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Psalms 71:24
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, that seek my hurt.