Psalms 71
71
God’s Help in Old Age
1Lord, I seek refuge in You;
let me never be disgraced. # Ps 25:20
2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me. # Ps 17:6
3Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and fortress. # Ps 31:1-3
4Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive. # Ps 140:1,4
5For You are my hope, Lord God,
my confidence from my youth. # Ps 39:7; Jr 17:13
6I have leaned on You from birth;
You took me from my mother’s womb. # Ps 22:9-10
My praise is always about You. # Ps 34:1
7I have become an ominous sign to many,
but You are my strong refuge. # Ps 61:3; 62:7; 91:2,9
8My mouth is full of praise
and honor to You all day long. # Ps 35:28; 63:5
9Don’t discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me. # Ps 27:9; 71:18; Is 46:3-4
10For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together, # Ps 31:13; 56:6; 83:3
11saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.” # Ps 3:2
12God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me. # Ps 22:19; 38:21-22; 40:13
13May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who seek my harm
be covered with disgrace and humiliation. # Ps 71:24
14But I will hope continually
and will praise You more and more. # Ps 84:4; 130:7; 147:11
15My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up. # Ps 35:28; 40:5; 96:2
16I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone. # Ps 51:14; 106:2
17God, You have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim Your wonderful works. # Dt 4:5; 6:7
18Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me. # Is 46:4
Then I will # Lit me until I proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come. # Ps 22:30-31; 78:4,6
19Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You? # Ex 15:11; Dt 3:24; Ps 86:8
20You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes, # Ps 60:3
but You will revive me again. # Ps 85:6
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth. # Hs 6:1-2
21You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again. # Ps 86:17; Is 12:1; 49:13
22Therefore, I will praise You with a harp
for Your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to You with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel. # Ps 33:2; 81:2; 92:1-3
23My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me. # Ps 34:22; 55:18
24Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
Your righteousness all day long,
for those who seek my harm
will be disgraced and confounded. # Ps 35:28; 71:13
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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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