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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