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Psalm 71

Prayer for Lifelong Protection and Help

In you, O Lord, I take refuge;
    let me never be put to shame.
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
    incline your ear to me and save me.

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Psalm 71(A)

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;(B)
    let me never be put to shame.(C)
In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
    turn your ear(D) to me and save me.

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Be to me a rock of refuge,
    a strong fortress,[a] to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
    from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:3 Gk Compare 31.3: Heb to come continually you have commanded

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.(A)
Deliver(B) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,(C)
    from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.(D)

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For you, O Lord, are my hope,
    my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
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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For you have been my hope,(A) Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence(B) since my youth.
From birth(C) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.(D)
    I will ever praise(E) you.

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15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
    of your deeds of salvation all day long,
    though their number is past my knowledge.

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15 My mouth will tell(A) of your righteous deeds,(B)
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.

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17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
    and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

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17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(A) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(B)

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