Psalms 71
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Psalm 71
1I have taken refuge in you, O Lord.
Never let me be put to shame.
2Rescue me and free me because of your righteousness.
Turn your ear toward me, and save me.
3Be a rock on which I may live,
a place where I may always go.
You gave the order to save me!
Indeed, you are my rock and my fortress.
4My God, free me from the hands of a wicked person,
from the grasp of one who is cruel and unjust.
5You are my hope, O Almighty Lord.
You have been my confidence ever since I was young.
6I depended on you before I was born.
You took me from my mother’s womb.
My songs of praise constantly speak about you.
7I have become an example to many people,
but you are my strong refuge.
8My mouth is filled with your praise,
with your glory all day long.
9Do not reject me when I am old
or abandon me when I lose my strength.
10My enemies talk about me.
They watch me as they plot to take my life.
11They say, “God has abandoned him.
Pursue him and grab him because there is no one to rescue him.”
12O God, do not be so distant from me.
O my God, come quickly to help me.
13Let those who accuse me come to a shameful end.
Let those who want my downfall be covered
with disgrace and humiliation.
14But I will always have hope.
I will praise you more and more.
15My mouth will tell about your righteousness,
about your salvation all day long.
Even then, it is more than I can understand.
16I will come with the mighty deeds of the Almighty Lord.
I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.
17O God, you have taught me ever since I was young,
and I still talk about the miracles you have done.
18Even when I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God.
Let me live to tell the people of this age
what your strength has accomplished,
to tell about your power to all who will come.
19Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God.
You have done great things.
O God, who is like you?
20You have made me endure many terrible troubles.
You restore me to life again.
You bring me back from the depths of the earth.
21You comfort me and make me greater than ever.
22Because of your faithfulness, O my God,
even I will give thanks to you as I play on a lyre.
I will make music with a harp to praise you, O Holy One of Israel.
23My lips will sing with joy when I make music to praise you.
My soul, which you have rescued, also will sing joyfully.
24My tongue will tell about your righteousness all day long,
because those who wanted my downfall
have been disgraced and put to shame.
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Psalm 71
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Psalm 71
1 Lord, I have gone to you for safety.
Let me never be put to shame.
2You do what is right, so save me and help me.
Pay attention to me and save me.
3Be my rock of safety
that I can always go to.
Give the command to save me.
You are my rock and my fort.
4My God, save me from the power of sinners.
Save me from the hands of those who are mean and evil.
5You are the King and the Lord. You have always been my hope.
I have trusted in you ever since I was young.
6From the time I was born I have depended on you.
You brought me out of my mother’s body.
I will praise you forever.
7To many people I am an example of how much you care.
You are my strong place of safety.
8My mouth is filled with praise for you.
All day long I will talk about your glory.
9Don’t push me away when I’m old.
Don’t desert me when my strength is gone.
10My enemies speak against me.
Those who want to kill me get together and make evil plans.
11They say, “God has deserted him.
Go after him and grab him.
No one will save him.”
12God, don’t be far away from me.
My God, come quickly and help me.
13May those who bring charges against me die in shame.
May those who want to harm me
be covered with shame and dishonor.
14But I will always have hope.
I will praise you more and more.
15I will tell other people about all the good things you have done.
All day long I will talk about how you have saved your people.
But there’s no way I could say how many times you’ve done this.
16 Lord and King, I will come and announce your mighty acts.
I will announce all the good things that you alone do.
17God, ever since I was young you have taught me.
To this very day I tell about your wonderful acts.
18God, don’t leave me
even when I’m old and have gray hair.
Let me live to tell my children about your power.
Let me tell all of them about your mighty acts.
19God, your saving acts reach to the skies.
You have done great things.
God, who is like you?
20You have sent many bitter troubles my way.
But you will give me new life.
Even if I’m almost in the grave,
you will bring me back.
21You will honor me more and more.
You will comfort me once again.
22My God, I will use the harp to praise you
because you are always faithful.
Holy One of Israel,
I will use the lyre to sing praise to you.
23My lips will shout with joy
when I sing praise to you.
You have saved me.
24All day long my tongue will say
that you have done what is right.
Those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame.
They have not been honored.
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