Psalms 71:1-16 ▼

1 In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed.

2 In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.

3 Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given the command to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.

4 Protect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man,

5 For You are my hope; O Lord Yahweh, You are my trust from my youth.

6 By You I have been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother’s womb; My praise is continually of You.

7 I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.

8 My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your beauty all day long.

9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

10 For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch my life have counseled together,

11 Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”

12 O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help!

13 Let those who accuse my soul be ashamed and consumed; Let them be wrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who seek to do me evil.

14 But as for me, I will wait continually, And will praise You yet more and more.

15 My mouth shall recount Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the sum of them.

16 I will come with the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh; I will bring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone.