Psa 71 | LSB | STEP | In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed.

Psalms 71

Psalm 71

O God, Do Not Forsake Me

1 In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.
2 In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;
Incline Your ear to me and save me.
3 Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given the command to save me,
For You are my ^{▼▼Or crag}rock and my fortress.
4 Protect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the ^{▼▼Lit palm}grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man,
5 For You are my hope;
O Lord Yahweh, You are my trust from my youth.
6 ^{▼▼ Lit Upon You I have been supported}By You I have been sustained from my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb;
My praise is continually ^{▼▼Lit in}of You.
7 I have become a marvel to many,
For You are my strong refuge.
8 My mouth is filled with Your praise
And with Your beauty all day long.
9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies have spoken ^{▼▼Lit with reference to}against me;
And those who watch my ^{▼▼Lit soul}life have counseled together,
11 Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”
12 O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, hasten to my help!
13 Let those who accuse my soul be ashamed and consumed;
Let them be wrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who seek ^{▼▼Or my calamity}to do me evil.
14 But as for me, I will wait continually,
And will ^{▼▼Lit add upon all Your praise}praise You yet more and more.
15 My mouth shall recount Your righteousness
And Your salvation all day long;
For I do not know the ^{▼▼Lit numbers}sum of them.
16 I will come with the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh;
I will bring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone.
17 O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.
18 And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your ^{▼▼Lit arm}strength to this generation,
Your might to all who are to come.
19 ^{▼▼ Or And}For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the ^{▼▼Lit height}heavens,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?
20 You, who have shown ^{▼▼Or us}me many troubles and ^{▼▼Or calamities}evils,
Will revive ^{▼▼Or us}me again,
And will bring ^{▼▼Or us}me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 May You increase my greatness
And turn to comfort me.
22 I will also praise You with ^{▼▼Lit an instrument of a harp}a harp,
Even Your ^{▼▼Or faithfulness}truth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my soul, which You have redeemed.
24 My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek ^{▼▼Or my calamity}to do me evil.