Psalm 71
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Psalm 71
O God, Do Not Forsake Me
1In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.
2In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;
Incline Your ear to me and save me.
3Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given the command to save me,
For You are my #71:3 Or cragrock and my fortress.
4Protect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the #71:4 Lit palmgrasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man,
5For You are my hope;
O Lord Yahweh, You are my trust from my youth.
6 # 71:6 Lit Upon You I have been supported By You I have been sustained from my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb;
My praise is continually #71:6 Lit inof You.
7¶I have become a marvel to many,
For You are my strong refuge.
8My mouth is filled with Your praise
And with Your beauty all day long.
9Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10For my enemies have spoken #71:10 Lit with reference toagainst me;
And those who watch my #71:10 Lit soullife have counseled together,
11Saying, “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!
13Let those who accuse my soul be ashamed and consumed;
Let them be wrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who seek #71:13 Or my calamityto do me evil.
14But as for me, I will wait continually,
And will #71:14 Lit add upon all Your praisepraise You yet more and more.
15My mouth shall recount Your righteousness
And Your salvation all day long;
For I do not know the #71:15 Lit numberssum of them.
16I will come with the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh;
I will bring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone.
17¶O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.
18And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your #71:18 Lit armstrength to this generation,
Your might to all who are to come.
19 # 71:19 Or And For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the #71:19 Lit heightheavens,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?
20You, who have shown #71:20 Or usme many troubles and #71:20 Or calamitiesevils,
Will revive #71:20 Or usme again,
And will bring #71:20 Or usme up again from the depths of the earth.
21May You increase my greatness
And turn to comfort me.
22¶I will also praise You with #71:22 Lit an instrument of a harpa harp,
Even Your #71:22 Or faithfulnesstruth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
23My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my soul, which You have redeemed.
24My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek #71:24 Or my calamityto do me evil.
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