Psalm 71:1-2
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Psalm 71
Prayer for Lifelong Protection and Help
1 In you, O Lord, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me and save me.
Psalm 71:3-4
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
3 Be to me a rock of refuge,
a strong fortress,[a] to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
Footnotes
- Psalm 71:3 Gk Compare 31.3: Heb to come continually you have commanded
Psalm 71:5-6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
5 For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
6 Upon you I have leaned from my birth;
it was you who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.
Psalm 71:15
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all day long,
though their number is past my knowledge.
Psalm 71:17
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
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