Psalm 71

New American Standard Bible

Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.

71 ^(A)In You, Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.
²^(B)In Your righteousness rescue me and save me;
^(C)Extend Your ear to me and help me.
³^(D)Be to me a rock of ^(E)dwelling to which I may continually come;
You have given the ^(F)commandment to save me,
For You are ^(G)my rock and my fortress.
⁴^(H)Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the ^[a]grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,
⁵For You are my ^(I)hope;
Lord ^[b]God, You are my ^(J)confidence from my youth.
⁶I have ^(K)leaned on you since my birth;
You are He who ^(L)took me from my mother’s womb;
My ^(M)praise is continually ^[c]of You.

⁷I have become a ^(N)marvel to many,
For You are ^(O)my strong refuge.
⁸My ^(P)mouth is filled with Your praise
And with ^(Q)Your glory all day long.
⁹Do not cast me away at the ^(R)time of my old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails.
¹⁰For my enemies have spoken ^[d]against me;
And those who ^(S)watch for my ^[e]life ^(T)have consulted together,
¹¹Saying, “^(U)God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is ^(V)no one to save him.”

¹²God, ^(W)do not be far from me;
My God, ^(X)hurry to my aid!
¹³May those who are enemies of my soul be ^(Y)put to shame and consumed;
May they be ^(Z)covered with disgrace and dishonor, who ^(AA)seek ^[f]to injure me.
¹⁴But as for me, I will ^(AB)wait continually,
And will ^[g]^(AC)praise You yet more and more.
¹⁵My ^(AD)mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of ^(AE)Your salvation all day long;
For I ^(AF)do not know the art of writing.
¹⁶I will come ^(AG)with the mighty deeds of the Lord ^[h]God;
I will ^(AH)make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷God, You ^(AI)have taught me from my youth,
And I still ^(AJ)declare Your wondrous deeds.
¹⁸And even when I am ^(AK)old and gray, God, do not abandon me,
Until I ^(AL)declare Your ^[i]strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
¹⁹^[j]For Your ^(AM)righteousness, God, reaches to the ^[k]heavens,
You who have ^(AN)done great things;
God, ^(AO)who is like You?
²⁰You who have ^(AP)shown ^[l]me many troubles and distresses
Will ^(AQ)revive ^[m]me again,
And will bring ^[n]me up again ^(AR)from the depths of the earth.
²¹May You increase my ^(AS)greatness
And turn to ^(AT)comfort me.

²²I will also praise You with ^[o]^(AU)a harp,
And Your ^[p]truth, my God;
I will sing praises to You with the ^(AV)lyre,
^(AW)Holy One of Israel.
²³My lips will ^(AX)shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my ^(AY)soul, which You have redeemed.
²⁴My ^(AZ)tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ^(BA)put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek ^[q]my harm.