Psalms 71
71
My Hope When I Am Gray
1In You, Adonai, have I taken refuge. Let me never be ashamed.
2Deliver me and rescue me in Your justice. Turn Your ear to me and save me.
3Be to me a sheltering rock where I may always go. Give the command to save me— for You are my rock and my fortress.
4My God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of an evil, ruthless man.
5For You are my hope, Adonai my Lord— my trust from my youth.
6From my birth I have leaned on You. You took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise is always about You.
7I am like an ominous sign to many, but You are my strong refuge.
8My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your glory all day.
9Do not cast me away in the time of old age. When my strength fails, do not forsake me.
10For my enemies speak against me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
11saying: “God has forsaken him— Pursue and take him, for no one will deliver.”
12O God, be not far from me! My God, come quickly to help me.
13Let the accusers of my soul be disgraced and destroyed. Let those who seek to harm me be covered with scorn and confusion.
14But I—I will hope continually and will praise You more and more.
15My mouth will recount Your justice and Your salvation all day, though I do not know the sum of them.
16I come because of the mighty deeds of Adonai my Lord. I will remember Your righteousness —Yours alone.
17God, You taught me from my youth, and I still keep declaring Your wonders.
18So even until I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, till I tell of Your strong arm to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
19For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to high heaven. You have done great things— O God, who is like You?
20You made me see many troubles and evils —You will revive me again— from the depths of the earth You will bring me up again.
21You will increase my greatness, and comfort me once again.
22So I will praise You with the harp for your truth, O my God. I will sing praises to You with the lyre O Holy One of Israel.
23My lips will shout for joy —when I sing praises to You— and my soul, which You have redeemed.
24Also my tongue will tell of Your righteousness all day. For those who seek my hurt have been put to shame and confusion.
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Psalms 71
71
Prayer in Time of Old Age
I
1In you, Lord, I take refuge;#Ps 31:2–4.
let me never be put to shame.#Ps 25:2.
2In your justice rescue and deliver me;
listen to me and save me!
3Be my rock of refuge,
my stronghold to give me safety;
for you are my rock and fortress.#Ps 18:3.
4My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked,
from the clutches of the evil and violent.#Ps 140:2.
5You are my hope, Lord;
my trust, God, from my youth.
6On you I have depended since birth;
from my mother’s womb you are my strength;#Ps 22:11.
my hope in you never wavers.
7#A portent to many: the afflictions of the sufferer are taken as a manifestation of God’s anger, cf. Dt 28:46; Ps 31:12.I have become a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge!
8My mouth shall be filled with your praise,
shall sing your glory every day.
II
9Do not cast me aside in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not forsake me.
10For my enemies speak against me;
they watch and plot against me.#Ps 3:2; 22:8.
11They say, “God has abandoned him.
Pursue, and seize him!
No one will come to the rescue!”
12God, be not far from me;
my God, hasten to help me.#Ps 22:20.
13Bring to a shameful end
those who attack me;
Cover with contempt and scorn
those who seek my ruin.#Ps 35:4; 40:15; 70:3.
14I will always hope in you
and add to all your praise.
15My mouth shall proclaim your just deeds,
day after day your acts of deliverance,
though I cannot number them all.#Ps 35:28.
16I will speak of the mighty works of the Lord;
O God, I will tell of your singular justice.
III
17God, you have taught me from my youth;
to this day I proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18Now that I am old and gray,#Is 46:3–4.
do not forsake me, God,
That I may proclaim your might
to all generations yet to come,#Ps 22:31–32; 48:14–15; 145:4.
Your power 19and justice, God,
to the highest heaven.
You have done great things;#Ps 72:18.
O God, who is your equal?#Ps 86:8.
20Whatever bitter afflictions you sent me,
you would turn and revive me.
From the watery depths of the earth
once more raise me up.
21Restore my honor;
turn and comfort me,
22That I may praise you with the lyre
for your faithfulness, my God,
And sing to you with the harp,
O Holy One of Israel!
23My lips will shout for joy as I sing your praise;
my soul, too, which you have redeemed.
24Yes, my tongue shall recount
your justice day by day.
For those who sought my ruin
have been shamed and disgraced.
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