Psalm 71:9-24

English Standard Version

⁹^(A)Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
    forsake me not when my strength is spent.
¹⁰For my enemies speak concerning me;
    those who ^(B)watch for my life ^(C)consult together
¹¹and say, “God has forsaken him;
    pursue and seize him,
    for there is none to deliver him.”

¹²O God, be not ^(D)far from me;
    O my God, ^(E)make haste to help me!
¹³May my accusers be ^(F)put to shame and consumed;
    ^(G)with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
    who ^(H)seek my hurt.
¹⁴But I will ^(I)hope continually
    and will ^(J)praise you yet more and more.
¹⁵My ^(K)mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
    of your deeds of salvation all the day,
    for ^(L)their number is past my knowledge.
¹⁶With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
    I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

¹⁷O God, from my youth you have taught me,
    and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
¹⁸So even to ^(M)old age and gray hairs,
    O God, ^(N)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
    your power to all those to come.
¹⁹Your ^(O)righteousness, O God,
    reaches the high heavens.
You who have done ^(P)great things,
    O God, ^(Q)who is like you?
²⁰You who have ^(R)made me see many troubles and calamities
    will ^(S)revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
    you will bring me up again.
²¹You will increase my greatness
    and comfort me again.

²²I will also praise you with ^(T)the harp
    for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
    O ^(U)Holy One of Israel.
²³My lips will shout for joy,
    when I sing praises to you;
    my soul also, which you have ^(V)redeemed.
²⁴And my ^(W)tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been ^(X)put to shame and disappointed
    who sought to do me hurt.