Psalms 71
71
God the Rock of Salvation
1In #Ps. 25:2, 3You, O Lord, I put my trust;
Let me never be put to shame.
2#Ps. 31:1Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
#Ps. 17:6Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
3#Ps. 31:2, 3Be my strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the #Ps. 44:4commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.
4#Ps. 140:1, 3Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5For You are #Jer. 14:8; 17:7, 13, 17; 50:7my hope, O Lord God;
You are my trust from my youth.
6#Ps. 22:9, 10; Is. 46:3By You I have been upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.
7#Is. 8:18; Zech. 3:8; 1 Cor. 4:9I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.
8Let #Ps. 35:28my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day.
9Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life #2 Sam. 17:1take counsel together,
11Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”
12#Ps. 35:22O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, #Ps. 70:1make haste to help me!
13Let them be confounded and consumed
Who are adversaries of my life;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor
Who seek my hurt.
14But I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.
15My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.
16I will go in the strength of the Lord God;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.
17O God, You have taught me from my #Deut. 4:5; 6:7youth;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
18Now also #(Is. 46:4)when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come.
19Also #Deut. 3:24; Ps. 57:10Your righteousness, O God, is very high,
You who have done great things;
#Ps. 35:10O God, who is like You?
20#Ps. 60:3You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
#Hos. 6:1, 2Shall revive me again,
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21You shall increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.
22Also #Ps. 92:1–3with the lute I will praise You—
And Your faithfulness, O my God!
To You I will sing with the harp,
O #2 Kin. 19:22; Is. 1:4Holy One of Israel.
23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And #Ps. 103:4my soul, which You have redeemed.
24My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long;
For they are confounded,
For they are brought to shame
Who seek my hurt.
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Psalm 71
71
Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent
1 # For ver. 1-3, see Ps. 31:1-3 In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
2In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!
3Be to me a rock of #[Ps. 90:1; 91:9; Deut. 33:27] refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have #See Ps. 42:8 given the command to save me,
for you are my #See Ps. 18:2rock and my fortress.
4 #
Ps. 140:1, 4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
5For you, O Lord, are my #Jer. 14:8; 17:13; 50:7; 1 Tim. 1:1hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
6Upon you I have leaned #See Ps. 22:10 from before my birth;
you are he who #Ps. 22:9took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is continually of you.
7I have been as #Isa. 8:18; [1 Cor. 4:9]a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
8My #ver. 24mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
9 # ver. 18 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.
10For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who #Ps. 56:6 watch for my life #Ps. 83:5; [Ps. 41:7, 8]consult together
11and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”
12O God, be not #See Ps. 10:1 far from me;
O my God, #Ps. 70:5; See Ps. 40:13make haste to help me!
13May my accusers be #ver. 24; See Ps. 35:4, 26 put to shame and consumed;
#
Ps. 109:29 with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who #ver. 24; Esth. 9:2; [Ps. 70:2]seek my hurt.
14But I will #ver. 5 hope continually
and will #ver. 22praise you yet more and more.
15My #ver. 8, 24 mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for #See Ps. 40:5their number is past my knowledge.
16With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.
17O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18So even to #Isa. 46:4 old age and gray hairs,
O God, #ver. 9do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
19Your #Ps. 36:5 righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done #Ps. 126:2; 1 Sam. 12:24; Luke 1:49 great things,
O God, #Ps. 35:10who is like you?
20You who have #Ps. 60:3 made me see many troubles and calamities
will #Ps. 80:18; 85:6; 119:25; 138:7; 143:11; Hos. 6:2revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
21You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.
22I will also praise you with #Ps. 33:2 the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O #Ps. 78:41; 89:18; 2 Kgs. 19:22; Isa. 60:9Holy One of Israel.
23My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have #Ps. 34:22redeemed.
24And my #[ver. 8, 15]; See Ps. 35:28 tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been #[ver. 13]put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.
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