Psalms 71

1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be made ashamed.

In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, Do not let me be disappointed for all time.

2 In thy righteousness do thou deliver me and release me: incline thy ear unto me, and save me.

You deliver me in Your righteousness, And cause me to escape, Incline Your ear to me, and save me.

3 Be thou unto me a rocky habitation, whereunto I may continually resort, which thou hast ordained to save me; for my rock and my strong-hold art thou.

Be a rock to me—a habitation, To go in continually, You have given command to save me, For You [are] my rock and my bulwark.

4 O my God, release me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and violent man.

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

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord Eternal: thou art my trust from my youth.

For You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, My trust from my youth.

6 By thee have I been supported from my birth: thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: of thee is my praise continually.

I have been supported from the womb by You, You cut me out from my mother’s bowels, My praise [is] continually in You.

7 As a wonderful token have I been unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

I have been as a wonder to many, And You [are] my strong refuge.

8 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, and with thy glory all the day.

My mouth is filled [with] Your praise, All the day [with] Your beauty.

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

Do not cast me off at the time of old age, Do not forsake me according to the consumption of my power.

10 For my enemies speak of me; and they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

For my enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

11 Saying, “God hath forsaken him: pursue and seize him: for there is none to deliver.”

Saying, “God has forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.”

12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, hasten to my help.

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

13 Let those be made ashamed, let them perish, that are adversaries to my soul: let those be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my unhappiness.

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 continually hope, and will add yet more to all thy praise.

And I continually wait with hope, And have added to all Your praise.

15 My mouth shall relate thy righteousness, all the day thy salvation; for I know not their numbers.

My mouth recounts Your righteousness, All the day Your salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

16 I will come to praise the mighty deeds of the Lord Eternal: I will make mention of thy righteousness, yea, thine only.

I come in [the] might of Lord YHWH, I mention Your righteousness—Yours alone.

17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto I ever tell of thy wondrous deeds.

God, You have taught me from my youth, And until now I declare Your wonders.

18 Therefore also even in old age, and when I am grayheaded, O God, forsake me not: until I have told of thy strength unto [this] generation, to every one that may come of thy might.

And also to old age and grey hairs, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to a generation, Your might to everyone that comes.

19 And thy righteousness, O God, reacheth even to the height, thou, who hast done great things: O God, who is like thee!

And Your righteousness, O God, [is] to the heights, Because You have done great things, O God, who [is] like You?

20 Thou, who hast shown me great distresses and misfortunes, wilt again revive me; and from the depths of the earth wilt thou bring me up again.

Because You have showed me many and sad distresses, You turn back—You revive me, And from the depths of the earth, You turn back—You bring me up.

21 Thou wilt increase my greatness, and wilt turn round and comfort me.

You increase my greatness, And You surround—You comfort me,

22 Also I, I will thank thee with the psaltery, [for] thy truth, O my God: I will sing unto thee with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

I also thank You with a vessel of stringed instrument, Your truth, O my God, I sing to You with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,

23 My lips shall shout joyfully when I sing unto thee; and my soul [too], which thou hast redeemed.

My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to You, And my soul that You have redeemed,

24 Also my tongue shall speak all the day of thy righteousness; for ashamed, for put to the blush are those that seek my unhappiness.

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