‏ Psalms 71

Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.


1 aIn You, Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.

2 bIn Your righteousness rescue me and save me;
cExtend Your ear to me and help me.

3 dBe to me a rock of edwelling to which I may continually come;
You have given the fcommandment to save me,
For You are gmy rock and my fortress.

4 hSave me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the
Lit palm
grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,

5 For You are my jhope;
Lord
Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God, You are my lconfidence from my youth.

6 I have mleaned on you since my birth;
You are He who ntook me from my mother’s womb;
My opraise is continually
Lit in
of You.


7 I have become a qmarvel to many,
For You are rmy strong refuge.

8 My smouth is filled with Your praise
And with tYour glory all day long.

9 Do not cast me away at the utime of my old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails.

10 For my enemies have spoken
Lit with reference to
against me;
And those who wwatch for my
Lit soul
life yhave consulted together,

11 Saying, “ zGod has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is aano one to save him.


12 God, abdo not be far from me;
My God, achurry to my aid!

13 May those who are enemies of my soul be adput to shame and consumed;
May they be aecovered with disgrace and dishonor, who afseek
Lit my injury
to injure me.

14 But as for me, I will ahwait continually,
And will
Lit add upon all Your praise
ajpraise You yet more and more.

15 My akmouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of alYour salvation all day long;
For I amdo not know the art of writing.

16 I will come anwith the mighty deeds of the Lord
Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God;
I will apmake mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.


17 God, You aqhave taught me from my youth,
And I still ardeclare Your wondrous deeds.

18 And even when I am asold and gray, God, do not abandon me,
Until I atdeclare Your
Lit arm
strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

19
Or And
For Your awrighteousness, God, reaches to the
Lit height
heavens,
You who have aydone great things;
God, azwho is like You?

20 You who have bashown
Another reading is us
me many troubles and distresses
Will bcrevive
Another reading is us
me again,
And will bring
Another reading is us
me up again bffrom the depths of the earth.

21 May You increase my bggreatness
And turn to bhcomfort me.


22 I will also praise You with
Lit an instrument of a harp
bja harp,
And Your
Or faithfulness
truth, my God;
I will sing praises to You with the bllyre,
bmHoly One of Israel.

23 My lips will bnshout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my bosoul, which You have redeemed.

24 My bptongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are bqput to shame, for they are humiliated who seek
Or to injure me
my harm.
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