Psalms 71
71
1Lord, I depend on you for protection.
Don’t let me be disappointed.
2You always do what is right, so come and save me.
Listen to me and save me.
3Be my Rock, my place of safety.
Be my fortress, and protect me!
You are my Rock and my protection.
4My God, save me from wicked people.
Save me from cruel, evil people.
5Lord GOD, you are my hope.
I have trusted you since I was a young boy.
6I depended on you even before I was born.
I relied on you even in my mother’s womb.
I have always prayed to you.#71:6 prayed to you Or “praised you.”
7You are my source of strength,
so I have been an example to others.
8I am always singing about the wonderful things you do.
9Don’t throw me away just because I am old.
Don’t leave me as I lose my strength.
10My enemies make plans against me.
They have met together and are making plans to kill me.
11They say, “Go get him!
God has left him, so there is no one to help him.”
12God, don’t leave me!
My God, hurry and help me!
13Defeat my enemies.
Destroy them completely!
They are trying to hurt me.
Let them suffer shame and disgrace.
14Then I will always trust in you
and praise you more and more.
15I will tell people how good you are.
I will tell about all the times you saved me—
too many times to count.
16I will tell about your greatness, my Lord GOD.
I will talk only about you and your goodness.
17God, you have taught me since I was a young boy.
And to this day I have told people about the wonderful things you do.
18Now that I am old and my hair is gray, don’t leave me, God.
I must tell the next generation about your power and greatness.
19God, your goodness reaches far above the skies.
You have done wonderful things.
God, there is no one like you.
20You have let me see troubles and hard times,
but you will give me new life;
you will lift me up from this pit of death!
21You will help me do even greater things.
You will comfort me again!
22I will play the harp and praise you.
My God, I will sing about your faithfulness.
I will play songs on my lyre
for the Holy One of Israel.
23I will shout for joy,
singing songs of praise to you for saving me.
24My tongue will sing about your goodness all the time,
because those who wanted to kill me
have been defeated and disgraced.
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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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