Psalm 71

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

1  In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
2  In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!
3  Be to me a rock of refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

4  Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
5  For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
6  Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

7  I have been as a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
8  My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
9  Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.
10  For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who watch for my life consult together
11  and say, "God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him."

12  O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
13  May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who seek my hurt.
14  But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
15  My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.
16  With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

17  O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18  So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
19  Your righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?
20  You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
21  You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.

22  I will also praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
23  My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed.
24  And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.

Psalm 71

1 In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

3 Be 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.

4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah: Thou art my trust from my youth.

6 By 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.

7 I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.

8 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day.

9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

10 For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.

13 Let 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.

14 But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more.

15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, And of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof.

16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

18 Yea, 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.

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

21 Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me.

22 I 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.

23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

24 My 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.