Psalms 71

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

In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.

3 Be thou 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.

Be to me for a rock — a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.

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

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

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.

For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord Jehovah, My trust from my youth.

6 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.

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee [is] my praise continually.

7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge.

8 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, and with thy honour all the day.

Filled is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty.

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

Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.

10 For mine enemies speak concerning me; and they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

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

11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

Saying, 'God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'

12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste to help me.

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

13 Let them be ashamed [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,

14 But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.

And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.

15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [and] of thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].

My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.

16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

I come in the might of the Lord Jehovah, I mention Thy righteousness — Thine only.

17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.

18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, thy might to every one that is to come.

And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

And Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who [is] like Thee?

20 Thou, which hast shewed us many and sore troubles, shalt quicken us again, and shalt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back — Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back — Thou bringest me up.

21 Increase thou my greatness, and turn again and comfort me.

Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest — Thou comfortest me,

22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,

24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are ashamed, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

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