The Psalms

Psalm 71

 ^71:1In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge:

 Let me never be put to shame.

 ^71:2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me:

 Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

 ^71:3Be 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.

 ^71:4Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,

 Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

 ^71:5For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah:

 Thou art my trust from my youth.

 ^71:6By 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.

 ^71:7I am as a wonder unto many;

 But thou art my strong refuge.

 ^71:8My mouth shall be filled with thy praise,

 And with thy honor all the day.

 ^71:9Cast me not off in the time of old age;

 Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

 ^71:10For mine enemies speak concerning me;

 And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

 ^71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him:

 Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

 ^71:12O God, be not far from me;

 O my God, make haste to help me.

 ^71:13Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;

 Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

 ^71:14But I will hope continually,

 And will praise thee yet more and more.

 ^71:15My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness,

 And of thy salvation all the day;

 For I know not the numbers thereof.

 ^71:16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah:

 I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

 ^71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth;

 And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

 ^71:18Yea, 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.

 ^71:19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high;

 Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

 ^71:20Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles,

 Wilt quicken us again,

 And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

 ^71:21Increase thou my greatness,

 And turn again and comfort me.

 ^71:22I 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.

 ^71:23My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee;

 And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

 ^71:24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long;

 For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.