Psalms 71

1 In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.

2 In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.

3 Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.

Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.

5 For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

6 I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.

You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.

7 I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.

8 My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.

My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.

9 Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.

12 Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.

13 May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

14 But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.

But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.

16 I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.

17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.

19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

20 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.

You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.

22 So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.

23 When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

24 My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.