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To the director: A song of David to help people remember.

70 Please, God, rescue me!
    Lord, hurry and help me!
People are trying to kill me.
    Please disappoint them.
    Humiliate them!
They want to hurt me.
    Make them run away in shame.
May those who make fun of me
    be too embarrassed to speak.
But may those who come to you
    be happy and rejoice.
May those who love being saved by you
    always be able to say, “Praise God!”[a]

I am only a poor, helpless man.
    God, please hurry to me.
You are my helper, the one who can save me.
    Lord, don’t be too late!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 70:4 Praise God Literally, “God is great” or “May God be magnified.”

71 Lord, I depend on you for protection.
    Don’t let me be disappointed.
You always do what is right, so come and save me.
    Listen to me and save me.
Be my Rock, my place of safety.
    Be my fortress, and protect me!
You are my Rock and my protection.
My God, save me from wicked people.
    Save me from cruel, evil people.
Lord God, you are my hope.
    I have trusted you since I was a young boy.
I depended on you even before I was born.
    I relied on you even in my mother’s womb.
    I have always prayed to you.[a]
You are my source of strength,
    so I have been an example to others.
I am always singing about the wonderful things you do.
Don’t throw me away just because I am old.
    Don’t leave me as I lose my strength.
10 My enemies make plans against me.
    They have met together and are making plans to kill me.
11 They say, “Go get him!
    God has left him, so there is no one to help him.”
12 God, don’t leave me!
    My God, hurry and help me!
13 Defeat my enemies.
    Destroy them completely!
They are trying to hurt me.
    Let them suffer shame and disgrace.
14 Then I will always trust in you
    and praise you more and more.
15 I will tell people how good you are.
    I will tell about all the times you saved me—
    too many times to count.
16 I will tell about your greatness, my Lord God.
    I will talk only about you and your goodness.
17 God, you have taught me since I was a young boy.
    And to this day I have told people about the wonderful things you do.
18 Now that I am old and my hair is gray, don’t leave me, God.
    I must tell the next generation about your power and greatness.
19 God, your goodness reaches far above the skies.
    You have done wonderful things.
    God, there is no one like you.
20 You have let me see troubles and hard times,
    but you will give me new life;
    you will lift me up from this pit of death!
21 You will help me do even greater things.
    You will comfort me again!
22 I will play the harp and praise you.
    My God, I will sing about your faithfulness.
I will play songs on my lyre
    for the Holy One of Israel.
23 I will shout for joy,
    singing songs of praise to you for saving me.
24 My tongue will sing about your goodness all the time,
    because those who wanted to kill me
    have been defeated and disgraced.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:6 prayed to you Or “praised you.”

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