Psalm 71:1-6
English Standard Version
Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent
71 (A)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 (B)refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have (C)given the command to save me,
for you are my (D)rock and my fortress.
4 (E)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 (F)hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
6 Upon you I have leaned (G)from before my birth;
you are he who (H)took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.
Psalm 71:7-11
English Standard Version
7 I have been as (A)a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
8 My (B)mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
9 (C)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 (D)watch for my life (E)consult together
11 and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”
Psalm 71:12
English Standard Version
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