Psalm 71

God’s Help in Old Age

Lord, I seek refuge in you;
let me never be disgraced.(A)
In your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me.(B)
Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and fortress.(C)
Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.(D)
For you are my hope, Lord God,
my confidence from my youth.(E)
I have leaned on you from birth;
you took me from my mother’s womb.(F)
My praise is always about you.(G)
I am like a miraculous sign to many,
and you are my strong refuge.(H)
My mouth is full of praise
and honor to you all day long.(I)

Don’t discard me in my old age.
As my strength fails, do not abandon me.(J)
10 For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,(K)
11 saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”(L)
12 God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.(M)
13 May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who intend to harm me
be covered with disgrace and humiliation.(N)
14 But I will hope continually
and will praise you more and more.(O)
15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness
and your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.(P)
16 I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.(Q)

17 God, you have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim your wondrous works.(R)
18 Even while I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me,(S)
while I proclaim your power
to another generation,
your strength to all who are to come.(T)
19 Your righteousness reaches the heights, God,
you who have done great things;
God, who is like you?(U)
20 You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,(V)
but you will revive me again.(W)
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.(X)
21 You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.(Y)
22 Therefore, I will praise you with a harp
for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to you with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.(Z)
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you
because you have redeemed me.(AA)
24 Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
your righteousness all day long,
for those who intend to harm me
will be disgraced and confounded.(AB)

 神是人自幼到老的倚靠

71 耶和華啊!我投靠你,

求你使我永不羞愧。

求你按著你的公義搭救我,救贖我;

求你留心聽我,拯救我。

求你作我避難的磐石,使我可以常來投靠;

你已經下令救我,

因為你是我的巖石、我的堅壘。

我的 神啊!求你救我脫離惡人的手,

脫離邪惡和殘暴的人的掌握,

因為你是我的盼望;

主耶和華啊!你是我自幼以來所倚靠的。

我自出母胎就倚賴你,

把我從母腹中領出來的就是你,

我要常常讚美你。

眾人都以我為怪,

但你是我堅固的避難所。

我要滿口讚美你,

我終日頌揚你的榮美。

我年老的時候,求你不要丟棄我;

我氣力衰弱的時候,求你不要離棄我。

10 因為我的仇敵議論我;

那些窺探著要害我性命的,一同商議,

11 說:“ 神已經離棄了他,

你們追趕他,拿住他吧!

因為沒有人搭救他。”

12  神啊!求你不要遠離我;

我的 神啊!求你快來幫助我。

13 願那些控告我的,

都羞愧滅亡;

願那些謀求害我的,

都蒙羞受辱。

14 至於我,我要常常仰望你,

要多多讚美你。

15 我的口要述說你的公義,

終日講述你的救恩,

儘管我不知道它們的數量。

16 我要來述說主耶和華大能的事;

我要提說你獨有的公義。

17  神啊!我自幼以來,你就教導我;

直到現在,我還是宣揚你奇妙的作為。

18  神啊!到我年老髮白的時候,

求你仍不要離棄我,

等我把你的能力向下一代傳揚,

把你的大能向後世所有的人傳揚。

19  神啊!你的公義達到高天,

你曾經行過大事,

 神啊!有誰像你呢?

20 你使我們經歷了很多苦難,

你必使我們再活過來,

你必把我們從地的深處救上來。

21 你必增加我的尊榮,

並轉過來安慰我。

22 我的 神啊!

我要彈琴稱讚你,稱讚你的信實;

以色列的聖者啊!

我要鼓瑟歌頌你。

23 我歌頌你的時候,我的嘴唇要歡呼;

我的靈魂,就是你所救贖的,也要歡呼。

24 我的舌頭也要終日講述你的公義,

因為那些謀求害我的人已經蒙羞受辱了。