O Lord, Do Not Delay

To the choirmaster. Of David, (A)for the memorial offering.

70 (B)Make haste, O God, to deliver me!
    O Lord, make haste to help me!
Let them be put to shame and confusion
    who seek my life!
Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor
    who delight in my hurt!
Let them turn back because of their shame
    who say, “Aha, Aha!”

May all who seek you
    rejoice and be glad in you!
May those who love your salvation
    say evermore, “God is great!”
But I am poor and needy;
    (C)hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
    O Lord, do not delay!

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

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

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

I have been as (L)a portent to many,
    but you are my strong refuge.
My (M)mouth is filled with your praise,
    and with your glory all the day.
(N)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 (O)watch for my life (P)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 (Q)far from me;
    O my God, (R)make haste to help me!
13 May my accusers be (S)put to shame and consumed;
    (T)with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
    who (U)seek my hurt.
14 But I will (V)hope continually
    and will (W)praise you yet more and more.
15 My (X)mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
    of your deeds of salvation all the day,
    for (Y)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 (Z)old age and gray hairs,
    O God, (AA)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
    your power to all those to come.
19 Your (AB)righteousness, O God,
    reaches the high heavens.
You who have done (AC)great things,
    O God, (AD)who is like you?
20 You who have (AE)made me see many troubles and calamities
    will (AF)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 (AG)the harp
    for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
    O (AH)Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will shout for joy,
    when I sing praises to you;
    my soul also, which you have (AI)redeemed.
24 And my (AJ)tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been (AK)put to shame and disappointed
    who sought to do me hurt.

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