Psalms 71

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

In thee, Jehovah, do I trust: let me never be ashamed.

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; incline thine ear unto 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 to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art 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.

My God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

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

For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah, 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.

On thee have I been stayed from the womb; from the bowels of my mother thou didst draw me forth: my praise shall be continually of thee.

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

I have been as a wonder unto many; but thou art 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, with thy 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.

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

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

For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,

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

Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize 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; my God, hasten 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 them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

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

But as for me, 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 declare thy righteousness, [and] thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers [thereof].

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

I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone.

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

O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works:

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 also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto [this] generation, thy might to every one that 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?

And thy righteousness, O God, reacheth on high, thou who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto 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 hast shewn us many and sore troubles, wilt revive us again, and wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth;

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

Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me 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 also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, my God; unto thee will I sing psalms with the harp, 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 exult when I sing psalms unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast 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; for they shall be ashamed, for they shall be brought to confusion, that seek my hurt.