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 <div class="label">71</div><div class="s1">God&#8217;s Help in Old Age</div><div class="q1"> 1 Lord, I seek refuge in&#160;you;</div><div class="q">let me never be&#160;disgraced.&#160; # 71:1 Ps 25:20</div><div class="q1"> 2In your justice, rescue and&#160;deliver&#160;me;</div><div class="q">listen closely to&#160;me and&#160;save&#160;me.&#160; # 71:2 Ps 17:6</div><div class="q1"> 3Be a rock of&#160;refuge for&#160;me,</div><div class="q">where I can always&#160;go.</div><div class="q">Give the command to&#160;save&#160;me,</div><div class="q">for you are my&#160;rock and&#160;fortress.&#160; # 71:1&#8211;3 Ps 31:1&#8211;3</div><div class="q1"> 4Deliver me, my&#160;God, from the&#160;power of&#160;the&#160;wicked,</div><div class="q">from the grasp of&#160;the&#160;unjust and&#160;oppressive.&#160; # 71:4 Ps 140:1,4</div><div class="q1"> 5For you are my&#160;hope, Lord God,</div><div class="q">my confidence from&#160;my&#160;youth.&#160; # 71:5 Ps 39:7; Jr 17:13</div><div class="q1"> 6I have leaned on&#160;you from&#160;birth;</div><div class="q">you took me from my&#160;mother&#8217;s&#160;womb.&#160; # 71:6 Ps 22:9&#8211;10</div><div class="q">My praise is always about&#160;you.&#160; # 71:6 Ps 34:1</div><div class="q1"> 7I am like a miraculous&#160;sign to&#160;many,</div><div class="q">and you are my&#160;strong&#160;refuge.&#160; # 71:7 Ps 61:3; 62:7; 91:2,9</div><div class="q1"> 8My mouth is&#160;full of&#160;praise</div><div class="q">and honor to&#160;you all&#160;day&#160;long.&#160; # 71:8 Ps 35:28; 63:5</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 9Don&#8217;t discard me in&#160;my old&#160;age.</div><div class="q">As my strength fails, do&#160;not&#160;abandon&#160;me.&#160; # 71:9 Ps 27:9; 71:18; Is 46:3&#8211;4</div><div class="q1"> 10For my enemies talk about&#160;me,</div><div class="q">and those who&#160;spy on&#160;me plot&#160;together,&#160; # 71:10 Ps 31:13; 56:6; 83:3</div><div class="q1"> 11saying, &#8220;God has&#160;abandoned&#160;him;</div><div class="q">chase him and&#160;catch&#160;him,</div><div class="q">for there is no&#160;one to&#160;rescue&#160;him.&#8221;&#160; # 71:11 Ps 3:2</div><div class="q1"> 12God, do not be far from&#160;me;</div><div class="q">my God, hurry to&#160;help&#160;me.&#160; # 71:12 Ps 22:19; 38:21&#8211;22; 40:13</div><div class="q1"> 13May my adversaries be&#160;disgraced and&#160;destroyed;</div><div class="q">may those who&#160;intend to&#160;harm&#160;me</div><div class="q">be covered with&#160;disgrace and&#160;humiliation.&#160; # 71:13 Ps 71:24</div><div class="q1"> 14But I will hope continually</div><div class="q">and will praise you more and&#160;more.&#160; # 71:14 Ps 84:4; 130:7; 147:11</div><div class="q1"> 15My mouth will tell about&#160;your&#160;righteousness</div><div class="q">and your salvation all&#160;day&#160;long,</div><div class="q">though I cannot sum&#160;them&#160;up.&#160; # 71:15 Ps 35:28; 40:5; 96:2</div><div class="q1"> 16I come because&#160;of the&#160;mighty&#160;acts of&#160;the&#160;Lord&#160; God;</div><div class="q">I will proclaim your&#160;righteousness, yours&#160;alone.&#160; # 71:16 Ps 51:14; 106:2</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 17God, you have taught&#160;me from&#160;my&#160;youth,</div><div class="q">and I still proclaim your wondrous&#160;works.&#160; # 71:17 Dt 4:5; 6:7</div><div class="q1"> 18Even while I am old&#160;and&#160;gray,</div><div class="q">God, do not abandon&#160;me,&#160; # 71:18 Is 46:4</div><div class="q">while I proclaim your&#160;power</div><div class="q">to&#160;another&#160;generation,</div><div class="q">your strength to&#160;all who&#160;are to&#160;come.&#160; # 71:18 Ps 22:30&#8211;31; 78:4,6</div><div class="q1"> 19Your righteousness reaches the&#160;heights,&#160;God,</div><div class="q">you who have done great&#160;things;</div><div class="q">God, who is like&#160;you?&#160; # 71:19 Ex 15:11; Dt 3:24; Ps 86:8</div><div class="q1"> 20You caused me to&#160;experience</div><div class="q">many&#160;troubles and&#160;misfortunes,&#160; # 71:20 Ps 60:3</div><div class="q">but you will revive&#160;me&#160;again.&#160; # 71:20 Ps 85:6</div><div class="q">You will bring&#160;me&#160;up&#160;again,</div><div class="q">even&#160;from&#160;the&#160;depths of&#160;the&#160;earth.&#160; # 71:20 Hs 6:1&#8211;2</div><div class="q1"> 21You will increase my&#160;honor</div><div class="q">and comfort me once&#160;again.&#160; # 71:21 Ps 86:17; Is 12:1; 49:13</div><div class="q1"> 22Therefore, I&#160;will&#160;praise&#160;you with&#160;a&#160;harp</div><div class="q">for your faithfulness, my&#160;God;</div><div class="q">I will sing to&#160;you with&#160;a&#160;lyre,</div><div class="q">Holy One of&#160;Israel.&#160; # 71:22 Ps 33:2; 81:2; 92:1&#8211;3</div><div class="q1"> 23My lips will shout for&#160;joy</div><div class="q">when&#160;I&#160;sing praise to&#160;you</div><div class="q">because you have redeemed&#160;me.&#160; # 71:23 Ps 34:22; 55:18</div><div class="q1"> 24Therefore, my tongue will&#160;proclaim</div><div class="q">your&#160;righteousness all&#160;day&#160;long,</div><div class="q">for those who intend to&#160;harm&#160;me</div><div class="q">will be disgraced and&#160;confounded.&#160; # 71:24 Ps 35:28; 71:13</div>
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LORD, I seek refuge in you;
let me never be disgraced. 
In your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me. 
Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and fortress. 
Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive. 
For you are my hope, Lord GOD,
my confidence from my youth. 
I have leaned on you from birth;
you took me from my mother’s womb. 
My praise is always about you. 
I am like a miraculous sign to many,
and you are my strong refuge. 
My mouth is full of praise
and honor to you all day long. 

Don’t discard me in my old age.
As my strength fails, do not abandon me. 
For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together, 
saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.” 
God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me. 
May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who intend to harm me
be covered with disgrace and humiliation. 
But I will hope continually
and will praise you more and more. 
My mouth will tell about your righteousness
and your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up. 
I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord  GOD;
I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone. 

God, you have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim your wondrous works. 
Even while I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me, 
while I proclaim your power
to another generation,
your strength to all who are to come. 
Your righteousness reaches the heights, God,
you who have done great things;
God, who is like you? 
You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes, 
but you will revive me again. 
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth. 
You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again. 
Therefore, I will praise you with a harp
for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to you with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel. 
My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you
because you have redeemed me. 
Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
your righteousness all day long,
for those who intend to harm me
will be disgraced and confounded.

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