Psalms 71

1 A Psalm of David. Of the sons of Jonadab and the former captives. In you, O Lord, I have hoped; do not let me be brought to ruin forever.

in/on/with you LORD to seek refuge not be ashamed to/for forever: enduring

2 Free me by your justice, and rescue me. Incline your ear to me, and save me.

in/on/with righteousness your to rescue me and to escape me to stretch to(wards) me ear your and to save me

3 Be a God of protection and a place of strength for me, so that you may accomplish my salvation. For you are my firmament and my refuge.

to be to/for me to/for rock habitation to/for to come (in): come continually to command to/for to save me for crag my and fortress my you(m. s.)

4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, and from the hand of the unjust and those who act against the law.

God my to escape me from hand: power wicked from palm to act unjustly and to oppress

5 For you, O Lord, are my patience: my hope from my youth, O Lord.

for you(m. s.) hope my Lord YHWH/God confidence my from youth my

6 In you, I have been confirmed from conception. From my mother’s womb, you are my protector. In you, I will sing forever.

upon you to support from belly: womb from belly mother my you(m. s.) to cut me in/on/with you praise my continually

7 I have become to many as if I were a portent, but you are a strong helper.

like/as wonder to be to/for many and you(m. s.) refuge my strength

8 Let my mouth be filled with praise, so that I may sing your glory, your greatness all day long.

to fill lip my praise your all [the] day beauty your

9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age. Do not abandon me when my strength will fail.

not to throw me to/for time old age like/as to end: expend strength my not to leave: forsake me

10 For my enemies have spoken against me. And those who watched for my soul have taken counsel as one,

for to say enemy my to/for me and to keep: look at soul: life my to advise together

11 saying: “God has abandoned him. Pursue and overtake him. For there is no one to rescue him.”

to/for to say God to leave: forsake him to pursue and to capture him for nothing to rescue

12 O God, do not be far from me. O my God, provide for my assistance.

God not to remove from me God my to/for help my (to hasten [emph?] *Q(K)*)

13 May they be confounded, and may they fail, who drag down my soul. Let them be covered with confusion and shame, who seek evils for me.

be ashamed to end: destroy to oppose soul: myself my to enwrap reproach and shame to seek distress: harm my

14 But I will always have hope. And I will add more to all your praise.

and I continually to wait: hope and to add upon all praise your

15 My mouth will announce your justice, your salvation all day long. For I have not known letters.

lip my to recount righteousness your all [the] day deliverance: salvation your for not to know number

16 I will enter into the powers of the Lord. I will be mindful of your justice alone, O Lord.

to come (in): come in/on/with might Lord YHWH/God to remember righteousness your to/for alone you

17 You have taught me from my youth, O God. And so I will declare your wonders continuously,

God to learn: teach me from youth my and till here/thus to tell to wonder your

18 even in old age and with grey hairs. Do not abandon me, O God, while I announce your arm to every future generation: your power

and also till old age and greyheaded God not to leave: forsake me till to tell arm your to/for generation to/for all to come (in): come might your

19 and your justice, O God, even to the highest great things that you have done. O God, who is like you?

and righteousness your God till height which to make: do great: large God who? like you

20 How great is the tribulation that you have revealed to me: very great and evil. And so, turning back, you have brought me to life, and you have led me back again from the abyss of the earth.

which (to see: see me *Q(K)*) distress many and bad: harmful to return: again (to live me *Q(K)*) and from abyss [the] land: country/planet to return: again to ascend: establish me

21 You have multiplied your magnificence. And so, turning back to me, you have consoled me.

to multiply greatness my and to turn: again to be sorry: comfort me

22 Therefore, I will confess your truth to you, with the instruments of the Psalter. O God, I will sing psalms to you with stringed instruments, O Holy One of Israel.

also I to give thanks you in/on/with article/utensil harp truth: faithful your God my to sing to/for you in/on/with lyre holy Israel

23 My lips will exult, when I sing to you, and also my soul, which you have redeemed.

to sing lips my for to sing to/for you and soul my which to ransom

24 And even my tongue will meditate on your justice all day long, when those who seek evils for me have been confounded and set in awe.

also tongue my all [the] day to mutter righteousness your for be ashamed for be ashamed to seek distress: harm my