Psalm, 71

¹ In you, O Jehovah, I have taken refuge. May I never be put to shame.

² In your righteousness save me and rescue me. Incline your ear^*1 to me and save me.

³ Become for me a rock fortress Where I can always enter. Give the command to save me, For you are my crag and my stronghold.

⁴ O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked, From the grasp of the unjust oppressor.

⁵ For you are my hope, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah; I have trusted in you^*1 since my youth.

⁶ I have depended on you from birth; It was you who took me from my mother’s womb. I praise you constantly.

⁷ I have become like a miracle to many, But you are my strong refuge.

⁸ My mouth is filled with your praise; All day long I tell about your splendor.

⁹ Do not cast me off in my old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails.

¹⁰ My enemies speak against me, And those seeking to take my life^*1 conspire together,

¹¹ Saying: “God has abandoned him. Chase after him and seize him, for there is no one to save him.”

¹² O God, do not remain far away from me. O my God, hurry to help me.

¹³ May those who are resisting me^*1 Be put to shame and perish. May those seeking my calamity Be covered with disgrace and humiliation.

¹⁴ But as for me, I will continue to wait; I will add to your praise.

¹⁵ My mouth will recount your righteousness, All day long your acts of salvation, Though they are too many for me to grasp.^*1

¹⁶ I will come and tell about your mighty acts, O Sovereign Lord Jehovah; I will mention your righteousness, yours alone.

¹⁷ O God, you have taught me from my youth, And until now I keep declaring your wonderful works.

¹⁸ Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me. Let me tell the next generation about your power^*1 And about your mightiness to all those who are to come.

¹⁹ Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heights; You have done great things; O God, who is like you?

²⁰ Though you have made me experience much distress and calamity, Revive me again; Bring me up from the depths^*1 of the earth.

²¹ May you increase my greatness And surround and comfort me.

²² Then I will praise you on a stringed instrument Because of your faithfulness, O my God. I will sing your praises^*1 with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.

²³ My lips will shout joyfully as I sing praises to you, For you have saved my life.^*1

²⁴ My tongue will speak about^*1 your righteousness all day long, For those seeking my destruction will be ashamed and disgraced.