Psalm 71:1-13

New King James Version

God the Rock of Salvation

71 In ^(A)You, O Lord, I put my trust;
Let me never be put to shame.
²^(B)Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
^(C)Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
³^(D)Be my ^[a]strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the ^(E)commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

⁴^(F)Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
⁵For You are ^(G)my hope, O Lord God;
You are my trust from my youth.
⁶^(H)By You I have been ^[b]upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.

⁷^(I)I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.
⁸Let ^(J)my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day.

⁹Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
¹⁰For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life ^(K)take counsel together,
¹¹Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”

¹²^(L)O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, ^(M)make haste to help me!
¹³Let them be ^[c]confounded and consumed
Who are adversaries of my life;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor
Who seek my hurt.