Psa 71 | NASB2020 | STEP | In You, Lord , I have taken refuge ; Let me never be put to shame .

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.