Psalm 71:11-24

English Standard Version

¹¹and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”

¹²O God, be not ^(A)far from me;
    O my God, ^(B)make haste to help me!
¹³May my accusers be ^(C)put to shame and consumed;
    ^(D)with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
    who ^(E)seek my hurt.
¹⁴But I will ^(F)hope continually
    and will ^(G)praise you yet more and more.
¹⁵My ^(H)mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
    of your deeds of salvation all the day,
    for ^(I)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 ^(J)old age and gray hairs,
    O God, ^(K)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
    your power to all those to come.
¹⁹Your ^(L)righteousness, O God,
    reaches the high heavens.
You who have done ^(M)great things,
    O God, ^(N)who is like you?
²⁰You who have ^(O)made me see many troubles and calamities
    will ^(P)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 ^(Q)the harp
    for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
    O ^(R)Holy One of Israel.
²³My lips will shout for joy,
    when I sing praises to you;
    my soul also, which you have ^(S)redeemed.
²⁴And my ^(T)tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been ^(U)put to shame and disappointed
    who sought to do me hurt.