Psalms 71

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

In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.

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

In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.

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

Be to me for a rock — a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.

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

O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.

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

For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, 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.

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee [is] my praise continually.

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

As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge.

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

Filled is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty.

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

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

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

For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel 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 catch him, for there is no deliverer.'

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

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

13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

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

And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.

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

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

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

I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness — Thine only.

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

God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.

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

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

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

And Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who [is] like Thee?

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

Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back — Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back — Thou bringest me up.

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

Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest — Thou comfortest me,

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

I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,

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

My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,

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

My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed — because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!