Psalm 71

Revised Standard Version

⁴ Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
    from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
⁵ For thou, O Lord, art my hope,
    my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
⁶ Upon thee I have leaned from my birth;
    thou art he who took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of thee.

⁷ I have been as a portent to many;
    but thou art my strong refuge.
⁸ My mouth is filled with thy praise,
    and with thy glory all the day.
⁹ Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
    forsake me not when my strength is spent.
¹⁰ For my enemies speak concerning me,
    those who watch for my life consult together,
¹¹ and say, “God has forsaken him;
    pursue and seize him,
    for there is none to deliver him.”

¹² O God, be not far from me;
    O my God, make haste to help me!
¹³ May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
    with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
    who seek my hurt.
¹⁴ But I will hope continually,
    and will praise thee yet more and more.
¹⁵ My mouth will tell of thy righteous acts,
    of thy deeds of salvation all the day,
    for their number is past my knowledge.
¹⁶ With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come,
    I will praise thy righteousness, thine alone.

¹⁷ O God, from my youth thou hast taught me,
    and I still proclaim thy wondrous deeds.
¹⁸ So even to old age and gray hairs,
    O God, do not forsake me,
till I proclaim thy might
    to all the generations to come.^[b]
Thy power ¹⁹ and thy righteousness, O God,
    reach the high heavens.

Thou who hast done great things,
    O God, who is like thee?
²⁰ Thou who hast made me see many sore troubles
    wilt revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
    thou wilt bring me up again.
²¹ Thou wilt increase my honor,
    and comfort me again.

²² I will also praise thee with the harp
    for thy faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to thee with the lyre,
    O Holy One of Israel.
²³ My lips will shout for joy,
    when I sing praises to thee;
    my soul also, which thou hast rescued.
²⁴ And my tongue will talk of thy righteous help
    all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disgraced
    who sought to do me hurt.