Psalms 71

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

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

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thy ear to me, and save me.

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

3 Be thou my strong habitation, to which I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.

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.

4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from 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 You [are] my hope, O Lord YHWH, My trust from my youth.

6 By thee have I been sustained from my birth: thou art he that brought me into life: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.

I have been supported from the womb by You, You cut me out from my mother’s bowels, My praise [is] continually in You.

7 I am as a wonder to many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.

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

8 Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honor all the day.

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

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

Do not cast me off at the time of old age, Do not forsake me according to the consumption of my power.

10 For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

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

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

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

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

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

13 Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonor 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 yet praise thee more and more.

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

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

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

16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.

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

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

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

18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength to [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.

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.

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like to thee!

And Your righteousness, O God, [is] to the heights, Because You have done great things, O God, who [is] like You?

20 [Thou], who hast shown me great and severe troubles, wilt revive me again, and wilt bring me again from the depths of the earth.

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.

21 Thou wilt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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