Psalms 71 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 70:1>A Psalm of David. Of the sons of Jonadab and the former captives. In you, O Lord, I have hoped; do not let me be brought to ruin forever. In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame! In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
2 <V 70:2>Free me by your justice, and rescue me. Incline your ear to me, and save me. In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me! In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.
3 <V 70:3>Be a God of protection and a place of strength for me, so that you may accomplish my salvation. For you are my firmament and my refuge. Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 <V 70:4>Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, and from the hand of the unjust and those who act against the law. Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man. Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
5 <V 70:5>For you, O Lord, are my patience: my hope from my youth, O Lord. For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth. For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.
6 <V 70:6>In you, I have been confirmed from conception. From my mother’s womb, you are my protector. In you, I will sing forever. Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you. From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.
7 <V 70:7>I have become to many as if I were a portent, but you are a strong helper. I have been as a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.
8 <V 70:8>Let my mouth be filled with praise, so that I may sing your glory, your greatness all day long. My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day. My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
9 <V 70:9>Do not cast me off in the time of old age. Do not abandon me when my strength will fail. Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent. Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
10 <V 70:10>For my enemies have spoken against me. And those who watched for my soul have taken counsel as one, For my enemies speak concerning me; those who watch for my life consult together For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.
11 <V 70:11>saying: “God has abandoned him. Pursue and overtake him. For there is no one to rescue him.” and say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him.” They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”
12 <V 70:12>O God, do not be far from me. O my God, provide for my assistance. O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! Do not be far from me, my God; come quickly, God, to help me.
13 <V 70:13>May they be confounded, and may they fail, who drag down my soul. Let them be covered with confusion and shame, who seek evils for me. May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt. May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.
14 <V 70:14>But I will always have hope. And I will add more to all your praise. But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.
15 <V 70:15>My mouth will announce your justice, your salvation all day long. For I have not known letters. My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge. My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long— though I know not how to relate them all.
16 <V 70:16>I will enter into the powers of the Lord. I will be mindful of your justice alone, O Lord. With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone. I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
17 <V 70:17>You have taught me from my youth, O God. And so I will declare your wonders continuously, O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
18 <V 70:18>even in old age and with grey hairs. Do not abandon me, O God, while I announce your arm to every future generation: your power So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come. Even 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.
19 <V 70:19>and your justice, O God, even to the highest great things that you have done. O God, who is like you? Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you? Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God?
20 <V 70:20>How great is the tribulation that you have revealed to me: very great and evil. And so, turning back, you have brought me to life, and you have led me back again from the abyss of the earth. You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. Though 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.
21 <V 70:21>You have multiplied your magnificence. And so, turning back to me, you have consoled me. You will increase my greatness and comfort me again. You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.
22 <V 70:22>Therefore, I will confess your truth to you, with the instruments of the Psalter. O God, I will sing psalms to you with stringed instruments, O Holy One of Israel. I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
23 <V 70:23>My lips will exult, when I sing to you, and also my soul, which you have redeemed. My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed. My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered.
24 <V 70:24>And even my tongue will meditate on your justice all day long, when those who seek evils for me have been confounded and set in awe. And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt. My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.
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