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 made ashamed.

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

In thy righteousness do thou deliver me and release me: incline thy 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 unto me a rocky habitation, whereunto I may continually resort, which thou hast ordained to save me; for my rock and my strong-hold art thou.

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, release me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and violent man.

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

For thou art my hope, O Lord Eternal: 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 supported from my birth: thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: of thee is my praise continually.

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

As a wonderful token have I been 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, and 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: when my strength faileth, forsake me not.

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

For my enemies speak of me; and they that watch 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: 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: O 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 those be made ashamed, let them perish, that are adversaries to my soul: let those be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my unhappiness.

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

But I will continually hope, and will add yet more to all thy praise.

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

My mouth shall relate thy righteousness, all the day thy salvation; for I know not their numbers.

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

I will come to praise the mighty deeds of the Lord Eternal: I will make mention of thy righteousness, yea, 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 I ever tell of thy wondrous 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.

Therefore also even in old age, and when I am grayheaded, O God, forsake me not: until I have told of thy strength unto [this] generation, to every one that may come of thy might.

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 even to the height, thou, who hast 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 hast shown me great distresses and misfortunes, wilt again revive me; and from the depths of the earth wilt thou bring me up again.

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

Thou wilt increase my greatness, and wilt turn round 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,

Also I, I will thank thee with the psaltery, [for] thy truth, O my God: I will sing unto thee 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 joyfully when I sing unto thee; and my soul [too], which thou hast redeemed.

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

Also my tongue shall speak all the day of thy righteousness; for ashamed, for put to the blush are those that seek my unhappiness.