Psalms 71

1 In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

In thee, O Lord, I trust: let me neuer be ashamed.

2 Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear to me, and save me.

Rescue mee and deliuer me in thy righteousnes: incline thine eare vnto me and saue me.

3 Be you my strong habitation, where I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress.

Be thou my strong rocke, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast giuen commandement to saue me: for thou art my rocke, and my fortresse.

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Deliuer mee, O my God, out of the hande of the wicked: out of the hande of the euill and cruell man.

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

For thou art mine hope, O Lord God, euen my trust from my youth.

6 By you have I been held up from the womb: you are he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of you.

Vpon thee haue I beene stayed from the wombe: thou art he that tooke me out of my mothers bowels: my praise shalbe alwaies of thee.

7 I am as a wonder to many; but you are my strong refuge.

I am become as it were a monster vnto many: but thou art my sure trust.

8 Let my mouth be filled with your praise and with your honor all the day.

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise, and with thy glory euery day.

9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.

Cast mee not off in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.

10 For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

For mine enemies speake of mee, and they that lay waite for my soule, take their counsell together,

11 Saying, God has forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliuer him.

12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

Goe not farre from me, O God: my God, haste thee to helpe me.

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.

Let them be confounded and consumed that are against my soule: let them be couered with reproofe and confusion, that seeke mine hurt.

14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more.

But I will waite continually, and will praise thee more and more.

15 My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

My mouth shall daily rehearse thy righteousnesse, and thy saluation: for I knowe not the nomber.

16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of your righteousness, even of your only.

I will goe forwarde in the strength of the Lord God, and will make mention of thy righteousnesse, euen of thine onely.

17 O God, you have taught me from my youth: and till now have I declared your wondrous works.

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth euen vntill nowe: therefore will I tell of thy wonderous workes,

18 Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed your strength to this generation, and your power to every one that is to come.

Yea, euen vnto mine olde age and graie head, O God: forsake me not, vntill I haue declared thine arme vnto this generation, and thy power to all them, that shall come.

19 Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who have done great things: O God, who is like to you!

And thy righteousnes, O God, I wil exalt on high: for thou hast done great thinges: O God, who is like vnto thee!

20 You, which have showed me great and sore troubles, shall quicken me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Which hast shewed me great troubles and aduersities, but thou wilt returne, and reuiue me, and wilt come againe, and take mee vp from the depth of the earth.

21 You shall increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

Thou wilt increase mine honour, and returne and comfort me.

22 I will also praise you with the psaltery, even your truth, O my God: to you will I sing with the harp, O you Holy One of Israel.

Therefore will I praise thee for thy faithfulnesse, O God, vpon instrument and viole: vnto thee will I sing vpon the harpe, O Holy one of Israel.

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to you; and my soul, which you have redeemed.

My lippes will reioyce when I sing vnto thee, and my soule, which thou hast deliuered.

24 My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, that seek my hurt.

My tongue also shall talke of thy righteousnesse daily: for they are confounded and brought vnto shame, that seeke mine hurt.