Psalms 71
1 In you, LORD, I take refuge; may I never be put to shame.
2 In your righteousness, deliver and rescue me; turn your ear toward me and save me.
3 Be a rock where I may dwell, a place I can always come to. You have commanded that I be saved, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 My God, deliver me from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and violent.
5 For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
6 I have relied on you from the womb; you brought me out of my mother's womb. My praise is always about you.
7 To many I have become a sign, but you are my strong refuge.
8 May my mouth be filled with your praise, with your splendor all day long.
9 Do not cast me away in old age; when my strength is gone, do not abandon me.
10 For my enemies speak against me, and those who watch for my life plot together.
11 They say, “God has abandoned him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”
12 O God, do not stay far from me; my God, hurry to help me.
13 May those who accuse me be put to shame and perish; may those who seek my harm be covered with disgrace and shame.
14 But I will always hope, and I will add to all your praise.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteousness, and of your salvation all day long, though I do not know their number.
16 I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD; I will recall your righteousness, yours alone.
17 O God, you have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim your wonders.
18 Even in old age and with gray hair, O God, do not abandon me, until I proclaim your arm to this generation, your power to all 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 You, who have made me see many troubles and calamities, will bring me back to life; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
21 You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.
22 I too will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will sing for joy when I sing to you, and so will my soul, which you have redeemed.
24 My tongue too will speak of your righteousness all day long, for those who sought my harm have been put to shame and disgraced.
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