Psalm 71

¹In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;

let me never be put to shame.

²In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;

turn your ear to me and save me.

³Be my rock of refuge,

to which I can always go;

give the command to save me,

for you are my rock and my fortress.

⁴Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,

from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.

⁵For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord,

my confidence since my youth.

⁶From birth I have relied on you;

you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.

I will ever praise you.

⁷I have become a sign to many;

you are my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth is filled with your praise,

declaring your splendor all day long.

⁹Do not cast me away when I am old;

do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

¹⁰For my enemies speak against me;

those who wait to kill me conspire together.

¹¹They say, “God has forsaken him;

pursue him and seize him,

for no one will rescue him.”

¹²Do not be far from me, my God;

come quickly, God, to help me.

¹³May my accusers perish in shame;

may those who want to harm me

be covered with scorn and disgrace.

¹⁴As for me, I will always have hope;

I will praise you more and more.

¹⁵My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,

of your saving acts all day long—

though I know not how to relate them all.

¹⁶I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord;

I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.

¹⁷Since my youth, God, you have taught me,

and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.

¹⁸Even when I am old and gray,

do not forsake me, my God,

till I declare your power to the next generation,

your mighty acts to all who are to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,

you who have done great things.

Who is like you, God?

²⁰Though you have made me see troubles,

many and bitter,

you will restore my life again;

from the depths of the earth

you will again bring me up.

²¹You will increase my honor

and comfort me once more.

²²I will praise you with the harp

for your faithfulness, my God;

I will sing praise to you with the lyre,

Holy One of Israel.

²³My lips will shout for joy

when I sing praise to you—

I whom you have delivered.

²⁴My tongue will tell of your righteous acts

all day long,

for those who wanted to harm me

have been put to shame and confusion.