AFV2020 - Psalms - 71

71:1  In You, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

71:2  Deliver me in Your righteousness and cause me to escape; incline Your ear unto me, and save me.

71:3  Be my strong Rock of refuge to which I may always go; You have commanded to save me; for You are my Rock and my Fortress.

71:4  Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and ruthless man,

71:5  For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my trust from my youth.

71:6  By You I have been upheld from the womb; You are He who took me out of my mother's belly; my praise always shall be of You.

71:7  I am like a wonder to many, but You are my strong refuge.

71:8  Let my mouth be filled with Your praise, with Your glory all the day.

71:9  Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails,

71:10  For my enemies speak against me; and those who watch for my soul plot together,

71:11  Saying, "God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him."

71:12  O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.

71:13  Let them be ashamed; let those who are enemies of my soul be consumed; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, those who seek my hurt.

71:14  But I will hope without ceasing, and I will praise You more and more.

71:15  My mouth shall show forth Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day, for I do not know how many they are.

71:16  I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will speak of Your righteousness, even of Yours alone.

71:17  O God, You have taught me from my youth; and until now I have declared Your wonderful works.

71:18  But now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me until I have declared Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.

71:19  And Your righteousness, O God, is very high, You Who have done great things. O God, who is like You?

71:20  You Who have shown me many and sore troubles—You will revive me again; You will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

71:21  You will increase my greatness and surround and comfort me on every side.

71:22  I will also praise You with the harp for Your truth, O my God; I will sing praises unto you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

71:23  My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, and my life, which You have redeemed.

71:24  My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long, for those who seek my hurt are confounded; they are brought to shame.