< Psalms 71 >
1 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
2 Rescue me and make me safe in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me.
In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
3 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.
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
4 Rescue me, my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel.
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh. I have trusted in you ever since I was a child.
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
6 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.
I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
7 I am an example to many people; you are my strong refuge.
I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
8 My mouth will be filled with your praise, all the day with your honor.
My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
9 Do not throw me away in my time of old age; do not abandon me when my strength fails.
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies are talking about me; those who watch for my life are plotting together.
For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
11 They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is no one to save him.”
saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
12 God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry to help me.
Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
13 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.
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
14 But I will always hope in you and will praise you more and more.
But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness and your salvation all the day, although I cannot understand it.
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh; I will make mention of your righteousness, yours alone.
I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.
17 God, you have taught me from my youth; even now I declare your wonderful deeds.
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
18 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.
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
19 Your righteousness also, God, is very high; you who have done great things, God, who is like you?
Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
20 You who made me see many troubles will revive us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
21 May you increase my honor; turn again and comfort me.
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
22 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.
So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you— even my soul, which you have redeemed.
When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
24 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.
My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.