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 71:5-6
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.
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