Psalms 71
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Psalm 71
Prayer for Lifelong Protection and Help
1 #
Ps 25.2, 3 In you, O Lord, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
2 #
Ps 17.6; 31.1 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me and save me.
3 #
Ps 31.2, 3; 44.4 Be to me a rock of refuge,
a strong fortress#71.3 Gk: Heb to come continually you have commanded to save me,
for you are my rock 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.
5 #
Jer 17.7
For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
6 #
Ps 22.9, 10; 34.1; Isa 46.3 From my birth I have leaned upon you,
my protector since my mother’s womb.#71.6 Q ms Gk Jerome: MT from my mother’s womb you took me
My praise is continually of you.
7 #
Ps 61.3; 1 Cor 4.9 I have been like a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
8 #
Ps 35.28
My mouth is filled with your praise
and with your glory all day long.
9 #
v 18
Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
do not forsake me when my strength is spent.
10 #
Ps 56.6; Mt 27.1 For my enemies speak concerning me,
and those who watch for my life consult together.
11 #
Ps 3.2; 7.2 They say, “Pursue and seize that person
whom God has forsaken,
for there is no one to deliver.”
12 #
Ps 35.22; 70.1 O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
13 #
v 24
; Ps 35.4; 109.29Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
let those who seek to hurt me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.
14But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
15 #
Ps 35.28; 40.5 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all day long,
though their number is past my knowledge.
16 #
Ps 51.14; 106.2 I will come praising the mighty deeds of the Lord God;
I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.
17 #
Deut 4.5; 6.7; Ps 26.7 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18 #
v 9
So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might
to all the generations to come.#71.18 Gk Compare Syr: Heb to a generation, to all who come
Your power 19#Ps 35.10; 57.10and your righteousness, O God,
reach the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?
20 #
Ps 60.3; Hos 6.1, 2 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
21You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.
22 #
Ps 33.2; 78.41 I will also praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
23 #
Ps 5.11; 103.4 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have rescued.
24 #
v 13
; Ps 35.28All day long my tongue will talk of your righteous help,
for those who tried to do me harm
have been put to shame and disgraced.
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