Psalm 71

World English Bible

71 In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
    Never let me be disappointed.
² Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me.
    Turn your ear to me, and save me.
³ Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go.
    Give the command to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.
⁴ Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
    from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
⁵ For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh,
    my confidence from my youth.
⁶ I have relied on you from the womb.
    You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb.
    I will always praise you.
⁷ I am a marvel to many,
    but you are my strong refuge.
⁸ My mouth shall be filled with your praise,
    with your honor all day long.
⁹ Don’t reject me in my old age.
    Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
¹⁰ For my enemies talk about me.
    Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
¹¹     saying, “God has forsaken him.
    Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
¹² God, don’t be far from me.
    My God, hurry to help me.
¹³ Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed.
    Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
¹⁴ But I will always hope,
    and will add to all of your praise.
¹⁵ My mouth will tell about your righteousness,
    and of your salvation all day,
    though I don’t know its full measure.
¹⁶ I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh.
    I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
¹⁷ God, you have taught me from my youth.
    Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
¹⁸ Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me,
    until I have declared your strength to the next generation,
    your might to everyone who is to come.
¹⁹ God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens.
    You have done great things.
    God, who is like you?
²⁰ You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles,
    you will let me live.
    You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
²¹ Increase my honor
    and comfort me again.
²² I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God.
    I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
²³ My lips shall shout for joy!
    My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
²⁴ My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long,
    for they are disappointed, and they are confounded,
    who want to harm me.