Psalms 71

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

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

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 cause me to escape: 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 thou my strong 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.

Deliver me, O my God, 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 GOD: [thou art] 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 have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that 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 unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.

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

Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour 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 lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

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

Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].

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 for 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 confounded [and] 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 I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

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

My mouth shall shew forth 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 strength of the Lord GOD: 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 hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous 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 grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power 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?

Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, 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], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

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

Thou shalt 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, O my God: unto thee will I sing 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 greatly rejoice when I sing 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 long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.