Psalms 71
71
1Lord, you are the one who keeps me safe; please don't disappoint me.
2Save me, rescue me, because you always do what is right.
3Please listen to me, and save me. Be my rock of protection where I can always go and hide. You gave the command to save me; for you are my rock and fortress.
4My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the clutches of those who are evil and brutal.
5For you, Lord God, are my hope. You are the one I have trusted since I was young.
6I have depended on you since birth; you have taken care of me#71:6. “Taken care of me”: the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. from my mother's womb. That's why I'm always praising you!
7My life has been like a miracle to many people, for you have been my powerful protector.
8All day long I am full of praise for you, telling how wonderful you are!
9Don't reject me now I'm getting old. When my strength is gone, please don't abandon me.
10For my enemies are talking about me; those who want to kill me are plotting together.
11They say, “God has given up on him. Let's go after him because there's no one to save him.”
12God, please don't stay away from me. My God, hurry to help me!
13Defeat my accusers, get rid of them! May those who want to cause me trouble be covered with shame and disgrace!
14As for me, I will go on hoping in you,#71:14. “In you”: implied. and I will praise you more and more.
15I will talk about your goodness and your salvation every day, even though it's more than I can understand.
16I will come and explain what the Lord has done. I will remind people that you alone do what is right.
17God, you have taught me since I was young, and I still tell others about all the wonderful things you do.
18Even though I'm old and gray, please don't abandon me, God. Let me tell the new generation about your power. Let me explain to all who are to come the great things you do.
19God, your trustworthy and true nature#71:19. “Trustworthy and true nature”: often translated “righteousness.” The root word comes from the idea of being “straight.” Simply put, God is always straight. is higher than the highest heaven! You have done incredible things! God, who is like you?
20You had me face many troubles and plenty of misery, but you will bring me back to life; you will rise me up from the depths of the earth.
21You will give me even greater prestige, and you will make me happy again.
22Then I will praise you on the harp for your trustworthiness, my God. I will sing praises to you on the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
23I will shout for joy as I sing praises to you, for you have redeemed me.
24All day long I will tell about all the good things you have done, for those who tried to cause me misery have been disgraced and humiliated.
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Psalms 71
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PSALM 71
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1O Lord, my hope and confidence
is plac'd in thee alone;
Then let thy servant never be
put to confusion.
2And let me, in thy righteousness,
from thee deliv'rance have;
Cause me escape, incline thine ear unto me,
and me save.
3Be thou my dwelling-rock, to which
I ever may resort:
Thou gav'st commandment me to save,
for thou'rt my rock and fort.
4Free me, my God, from wicked hands,
hands cruel and unjust:
5For thou, O Lord God, art my hope,
and from my youth my trust.
6Thou from the womb didst hold me up;
thou art the same that me
Out of my mother's bowels took;
I ever will praise thee.
7To many I a wonder am;
but thou'rt my refuge strong.
8Fill'd let my mouth be with thy praise
and honour all day long.
9O do not cast me off, when as
old age doth overtake me;
And when my strength decayed is,
then do not thou forsake me.
10For those that are mine enemies
against me speak with hate;
And they together counsel take
that for my soul lay wait.
11They said, God leaves him; him pursue
and take: none will him save.
12Be thou not far from me, my God:
thy speedy help I crave.
13Confound, consume them, that unto
my soul are enemies:
Cloth'd be they with reproach and shame
that do my hurt devise.
14But I with expectation
will hope continually;
And yet with praises more and more
I will thee magnify.
15Thy justice and salvation
my mouth abroad shall show,
Ev'n all the day; for I thereof
the numbers do not know.
16And I will constantly go on
in strength of God the Lord;
And thine own righteousness, ev'n thine
alone, I will record.
17For even from my youth, O God,
by thee I have been taught;
And hitherto I have declar'd
the wonders thou hast wrought.
18And now, Lord, leave me not, when I
old and gray-headed grow:
Till to this age thy strength and pow'r
to all to come I show.
19And thy most perfect righteousness
O Lord, is very high,
Who hast so great things done: O God,
who is like unto thee?
20Thou, Lord, who great adversities,
and sore, to me didst show,
Shalt quicken, and bring me again
from depths of earth below.
21My greatness and my pow'r thou wilt
increase, and far extend:
On ev'ry side against all grief
thou wilt me comfort send.
22Thee, ev'n thy truth, I'll also praise,
my God, with psaltery:
Thou Holy One of Israel,
with harp I'll sing to thee.
23My lips shall much rejoice in thee,
when I thy praises sound;
My soul, which thou redeemed hast,
in joy shall much abound.
24My tongue thy justice shall proclaim,
continuing all day long;
For they confounded are, and sham'd,
that seek to do me wrong.
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