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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Psalms 71
71
1In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge:
Let me never be put to shame.
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me:
Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.
3Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
Thou hast given commandment to save me;
For thou art my rock and my fortress.
4Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah:
Thou art my trust from my youth.
6By thee have I been holden up from the womb;
Thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels:
My praise shall be continually of thee.
7I am as a wonder unto many;
But thou art my strong refuge.
8My mouth shall be filled with thy praise,
And with thy honor all the day.
9Cast me not off in the time of old age;
Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10For mine enemies speak concerning me;
And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
11Saying, God hath forsaken him:
Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.
12O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me.
13Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
14But I will hope continually,
And will praise thee yet more and more.
15My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness,
And of thy salvation all the day;
For I know not the numbers thereof.
16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah:
I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth;
And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not,
Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation,
Thy might to every one that is to come.
19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high;
Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?
20Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles,
Wilt quicken us again,
And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
21Increase thou my greatness,
And turn again and comfort me.
22I will also praise thee with the psaltery,
Even thy truth, O my God:
Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp,
O thou Holy One of Israel.
23My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee;
And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long;
For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.
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