By David, [a Psalm sung by] the sons of
Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. 71:1 O Lord, I have hoped
in thee: let me never be put to shame.
71:2 In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline thine ear to me,
and save me.
71:3 Be to me a protecting God, and a strong hold to save me: for thou art
my fortress and my refuge.
71:4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, from the hand of the
transgressor and unjust man.
71:5 For thou art my support, O Lord; O Lord, [thou art] my hope from my
youth.
71:6 On thee have I been stayed from the womb: from the belly of my mother
thou art my protector: of thee is my praise continually.
71:7 I am become as it were a wonder to many: but thou art [my] strong
helper.
71:8 Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may hymn thy glory, [and]
thy majesty all the day.
71:9 Cast me not off at the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength
fails.
71:10 For mine enemies have spoken against me; and they that lay wait for my
soul have taken counsel together,
71:11 saying, God has forsaken him: persecute ye and take him; for there is
none to deliver [him].
71:12 O God, go not far from me, O my God, draw nigh to my help.
71:13 Let those that plot against my soul be ashamed and utterly fail: let
those that seek my hurt be clothed with shame and dishonour.
71:14 But I will hope continually, and will praise thee more and more.
71:15 My mouth shall declare thy righteousness openly, [and] thy salvation
all the day; for I am not acquainted with the affairs [of men].
71:16 I will go on in the might of the Lord: O Lord, I will make mention of
thy righteousness only.
71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and until now will I declare
thy wonders;
71:18 even until I am old and advanced in years. O God, forsake me not;
until I shall have declared thine arm to all the generation that is to come:
71:19 even thy power and thy righteousness, O God, up to the highest
[heavens, even] the mighty works which thou has done: O God, who is like to
thee?
71:20 What afflictions many and sore hast thou shewed me! yet thou didst
turn and quicken me, and broughtest me again from the depths of the earth.
71:21 Thou didst multiply thy righteousness, and didst turn and comfort me,
and broughtest me again out of the depths of the earth.
71:22 I will also therefore give thanks to thee, O God, [because of] thy
truth, on an instrument of psalmody: I will sing psalms to thee on the harp,
O Holy One of Israel.
71:23 My lips shall rejoice when I sing to thee; and my soul, which thou
hast redeemed.
71:24 Moreover also my tongue shall dwell all the day upon thy
righteousness; when they shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my hurt. |
71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to
confusion.
71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine
ear unto me, and save me.
71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou
hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of
the unrighteous and cruel man.
71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me
out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength
faileth.
71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul
take counsel together,
71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is
none to deliver him.
71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the
day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy
righteousness, even of thine only.
71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared
thy wondrous works.
71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I
have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one
that is to come.
71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great
things: O God, who is like unto thee!
71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me
again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God:
unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul,
which thou hast redeemed.
71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for
they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. |