Psalm 71:1-6

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Psalm 71^(A)

¹In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;^(B)
    let me never be put to shame.^(C)
²In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
    turn your ear^(D) to me and save me.
³Be my rock of refuge,
    to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.^(E)
⁴Deliver^(F) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,^(G)
    from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.^(H)

⁵For you have been my hope,^(I) Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence^(J) since my youth.
⁶From birth^(K) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.^(L)
    I will ever praise^(M) you.

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Psalm 71:19-24

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¹⁹Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,^(A)
    you who have done great things.^(B)
    Who is like you, God?^(C)
²⁰Though you have made me see troubles,^(D)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore^(E) my life again;
from the depths of the earth^(F)
    you will again bring me up.
²¹You will increase my honor^(G)
    and comfort^(H) me once more.

²²I will praise you with the harp^(I)
    for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,^(J)
    Holy One of Israel.^(K)
²³My lips will shout for joy^(L)
    when I sing praise to you—
    I whom you have delivered.^(M)
²⁴My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
    all day long,^(N)
for those who wanted to harm me^(O)
    have been put to shame and confusion.^(P)