Psalm 71

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Be My Rock of Refuge

¹In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge;

let me never be put to shame.

¹In You, O YHWH, I take refuge; let me not be put to shame forever!

²In Your justice, rescue and deliver me;

incline Your ear and save me.

²In Your righteousness, deliver me and cause me to escape; incline to me Your ear, and save me!

³Be my rock of refuge,

where I can always go.

Give the command to save me,

for You are my rock and my fortress.

³May You be to me as a rock, a habitation, to go in continually; You have given a command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.

⁴Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,

from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

⁴O My God, rescue me from the hand of a wicked one, from the palm of the one acting unjustly and pressing.

⁵For You are my hope, O Lord GOD,

my confidence from my youth.

⁵For You are my hope, O Lord YHWH, my trust from my youth.

⁶I have leaned on You since birth;

You pulled me from my mother’s womb.

My praise is always for You.

⁶By You I have been supported from the womb; from the bowels of my mother You cut me out. My praise is continually for You.

⁷I have become a portent to many,

but You are my strong refuge.

⁷I have been as a wonder to many, and You are my strong refuge.

⁸My mouth is filled with Your praise

and with Your splendor all day long.

⁸My mouth is filled with Your praise, with Your splendor all the day.

⁹Do not discard me in my old age;

do not forsake me when my strength fails.

⁹Do not cast me off in the time of old age; according to the consumption of my strength do not forsake me.

¹⁰For my enemies speak against me,

and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

¹⁰For my enemies speak against me, and those watching my soul take counsel together,

¹¹saying, “God has forsaken him;

pursue him and seize him,

for there is no one to rescue him.”

¹¹saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue him and seize him, for there is none to deliver him!”

¹²Be not far from me, O God.

Hurry, O my God, to help me.

¹²O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hurry to be my help!

¹³May the accusers of my soul

be ashamed and consumed;

may those who seek my harm

be covered with scorn and disgrace.

¹³Let them be put to shame and consumed, those opposing my soul; let them be covered with scorn and disgrace, those seeking my harm!

¹⁴But I will always hope

and will praise You more and more.

¹⁴But I continually will hope, and I will add upon all Your praise.

¹⁵My mouth will declare Your righteousness

and Your salvation all day long,

though I cannot know their full measure.

¹⁵My mouth will recount Your righteousness, all the day Your salvation, though I do not know the numbers.

¹⁶I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD;

I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

¹⁶I will come in the might of the Lord YHWH; I will cause Your righteousness to be remembered—Yours alone.

¹⁷O God, You have taught me from my youth,

and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

¹⁷O God, You have taught me from my youth, and until now I declare Your wonders.

¹⁸Even when I am old and gray,

do not forsake me, O God,

until I proclaim Your power to the next generation,

Your might to all who are to come.

¹⁸Indeed, when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your arm to a generation, Your strength to everyone to come.

¹⁹Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God,

You who have done great things.

Who, O God, is like You?

¹⁹And Your righteousness, O God, is to the height! You who have done great things, O God—who is like You?

²⁰Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes,

You will revive me once again.

Even from the depths of the earth

You will bring me back up.

²⁰Though You have made me see many troubles and distresses, You will return and revive us; even from the depths of the earth, You will return and bring me up.

²¹You will increase my honor

and comfort me once again.

²¹You will increase my honor, and surrounding me, You will comfort me.

²²So I will praise You with the harp

for Your faithfulness, O my God;

I will sing praise to You with the lyre,

O Holy One of Israel.

²²I will also praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will make music to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel!

²³When I sing praise to You

my lips will shout for joy,

along with my soul,

which You have redeemed.

²³My lips will shout for joy when when I sing praises to You, even my soul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴My tongue will indeed proclaim

Your righteousness all day long,

for those who seek my harm

are disgraced and confounded.

²⁴My tongue will also utter Your righteousness all the day, for they have been put to shame, for they are humiliated—those seeking my harm.