Psalms 71

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

In you, Yahweh, I take 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.

Rescue me and make me safe in your righteousness; turn your ear to 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 for refuge where I may always go; you have given a 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.

Rescue me, my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel.

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

For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh. I have trusted in you ever since I was a child.

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 you I have been supported from the womb; you are he who took me out of my mother's belly; my praise will be always about you.

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

I am an example to many people; you are my strong refuge.

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

My mouth will be filled with your praise, all the day with your honor.

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 throw me away in my time of old age; do not abandon 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 are talking about me; those who watch for my life are plotting together.

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

They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is no one to save him.”

12 O God, do not be far from me, O my God, make haste for my help.

God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry 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,

Let them be put to shame and destroyed, those who are hostile to my life; let them be covered with rebuke and dishonor, those who seek my hurt.

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

But I will always hope in you 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 tell about your righteousness and your salvation all the day, although I cannot understand it.

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

I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh; I will make mention of your righteousness, yours alone.

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

God, you have taught me from my youth; even now I declare your wonderful 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.

Indeed, even when I am old and gray-headed, God, do not forsake me, as I have been declaring your strength to the next generation, your power to everyone who 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?

Your righteousness also, God, is very high; you who have done great things, 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 made me see many troubles will revive us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

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

May you increase my honor; turn again 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,

I will also give thanks to you with the harp for your trustworthiness, my God; to you I will sing praises with the harp, Holy One of Israel.

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

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you— even 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 also talk about your righteousness all day long; for they have been put to shame and are confused, those who sought my hurt.