Psalms 71
1 In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, Do not let me be disappointed for all time.
In You, O LORD, I have taken 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.
In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear 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 my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You 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.
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
5 For You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, My trust from my youth.
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence 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.
I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
7 I have been as a wonder to many, And You [are] my strong refuge.
I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
8 My mouth is filled [with] Your praise, All the day [with] Your beauty.
My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
9 Do not cast me off at the time of old age, Do not forsake me according to the consumption of my power.
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me 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 against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
11 Saying, “God has forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.”
saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
12 O God, do not be far from me, O my God, make haste for my help.
Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, 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,
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
14 And I continually wait with hope, And have added to all Your praise.
But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
15 My mouth recounts Your righteousness, All the day Your salvation, For I have not known the numbers.
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
16 I come in [the] might of Lord YHWH, I mention Your righteousness—Yours alone.
I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.
17 God, You have taught me from my youth, And until now I declare Your wonders.
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
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.
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
19 And Your righteousness, O God, [is] to the heights, Because You have done great things, O God, who [is] like You?
Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
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.
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
21 You increase my greatness, And You surround—You comfort me,
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
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,
So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to You, And my soul that You have redeemed,
When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
24 My tongue also utters Your righteousness all the day, Because ashamed—because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!
My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
