Psalms 71

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

In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.

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

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me. Bow down thine ear to me, and save me.

3 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.

Be thou to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually resort. Thou have given commandment to save me, for thou are my rock and my fortress.

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

Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of a wicked man, out of the hand of an unrighteous and cruel man.

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

For thou are my hope, O lord Jehovah, my trust from my youth.

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

By thee I have been held up from the womb. Thou are he who took me out of my mother's bowels. My praise shall be continually of thee.

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

I am as a wonder to many, but thou are my strong refuge.

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

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

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

Cast me not off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails.

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

For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my soul take counsel together,

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

saying, God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver.

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

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

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

Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my soul. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.

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

But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.

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

My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, of thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers.

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

I will come with the mighty acts of the lord Jehovah. I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

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

O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now.

18 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.

Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.

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

Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, thou who have done great things. O God, who is like thee?

20 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.

Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

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

Increase thou my greatness, and turn again and comfort me.

22 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,

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God. To thee I will sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

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

My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to thee, and my soul, which thou have redeemed.

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

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long. For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek my hurt.