Psalms 71
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
In you, O Lord, I take refuge, let me never be put to shame.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
In your faithfulness save me and rescue me, bend your ear to me and save me.
3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.
Be to me a rock of defence, a fortified house, to save me; for my rock and my fortress are you.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
5 For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
For you, Lord, are my hope, in whom from my youth I have trusted.
6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
On you have I leaned from my birth; from my mother’s womb it was you who did draw me. In you is my hope evermore.
7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.
I have been as a wonder to many, for you are my refuge and strength.
8 Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.
All the day long my mouth is filled with your praise and your glory.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Cast me not off in the time of old age; when my strength is spent, forsake me not.
10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
For my foes whisper against me, they who watch me take counsel together;
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].
‘God has left him,’ they say: ‘pursue and seize him, for he is helpless.’
12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
O God, be not far from me, haste, O my God, to my help.
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.
Put my foes to shame and dishonour, with insult and shame be they covered.
14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
But I will never stop hoping, and more and yet more will I praise you.
15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
All the day long shall my mouth tell your faithfulness and your salvation, though I know not how they may be counted.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.
I will tell of the might of the Lord, and your faithfulness praise, you alone.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
You have taught me, O God, from my youth, and till now have I told of your wonders.
18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
Even in old age and grey hair, O God, do not forsake me. Still would I tell of your might unto all generations to come.
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!
Your power and your justice, O God, extend as far as the heavens: for great are the things you have done. Who is like you, O God?
20 [Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
You have caused us to see troubles many, but you will revive us again. From the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
You will multiply my greatness, and comfort me again.
22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
So with harp I will praise you, and your faithfulness, O my God; and make music to you on the lyre, O you Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
My lips shall ring out their joy, my mouth shall sing praises to you; all of me, which you have redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Yes, all the day long shall my tongue utter your righteousness; for ashamed and confounded are they who were seeking my hurt.
