For You are (A)my hope, O Lord God;
You are my trust from my youth.
(B)By You I have been [a]upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.

(C)I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.
Let (D)my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day.

Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life (E)take counsel together,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:6 sustained from the womb

For you have been my hope,(A) Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence(B) since my youth.
From birth(C) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.(D)
    I will ever praise(E) you.
I have become a sign(F) to many;
    you are my strong refuge.(G)
My mouth(H) is filled with your praise,
    declaring your splendor(I) all day long.

Do not cast(J) me away when I am old;(K)
    do not forsake(L) me when my strength is gone.
10 For my enemies(M) speak against me;
    those who wait to kill(N) me conspire(O) together.

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For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.

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.

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

Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

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

10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

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