Psalms 71

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

In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.

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

Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.

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 strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

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

O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.

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

For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.

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.

You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.

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

I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.

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

My mouth will be full of your praise and glory 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.

Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.

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

For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

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

Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.

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, come quickly to my help.

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 those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

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

But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

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

My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.

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

I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.

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

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till 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.

Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those 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, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who 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.

You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

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

You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.

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 give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.

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

Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

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

My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.