Psalm
71
Prayer
of an Old Man for Deliverance.
1
In
You, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let
me never be ashamed.
2
In
Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
Incline
Your ear to me and save me.
3
Be
to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You
have given commandment to save me,
For
You are my rock and my fortress.
4
Rescue
me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out
of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man,
5
For
You are my hope;
O
Lord God, You are my confidence from my youth.
6
By
You I have been sustained from my birth;
You
are He who took me from my mother’s womb;
My
praise is continually of You.
7
I
have become a marvel to many,
For
You are my strong refuge.
8
My
mouth is filled with Your praise
And
with Your glory all day long.
9
Do
not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do
not forsake me when my strength fails.
10
For
my enemies have spoken against me;
And
those who watch for my life have consulted together,
11
Saying,
“God has forsaken him;
Pursue
and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.”
12
O
God, do not be far from me;
O my
God, hasten to my help!
13
Let
those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed;
Let
them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.
14
But
as for me, I will hope continually,
And
will praise You yet more and more.
15
My
mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your salvation all day
long;
For
I do not know the sum of them.
16
I
will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord God;
I
will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.
17
O
God, You have taught me from my youth,
And
I still declare Your wondrous deeds.
18
And
even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until
I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your
power to all who are to come.
19
For
Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens,
You
who have done great things;
O
God, who is like You?
20
You
who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will
revive me again,
And
will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21
May
You increase my greatness
And
turn to comfort me.
22
I
will also praise You with a harp,
Even Your truth, O my God;
To
You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O
Holy One of Israel.
23
My
lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And
my soul, which You have redeemed.
24
My
tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For
they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.