Psalm 70-71
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 70
A Call for Deliverance
For the choir director. Of David. To bring remembrance.(A)
1 God, hurry to rescue me.
Lord, hurry to help me!(B)
2 Let those who seek to kill me
be disgraced and confounded;
let those who wish me harm
be turned back and humiliated.
3 Let those who say, “Aha, aha!”
retreat because of their shame.(C)
4 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
let those who love your salvation
continually say, “God is great!” (D)
5 I am oppressed and needy;
hurry to me, God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Lord, do not delay.(E)
Psalm 71
God’s Help in Old Age
1 Lord, I seek refuge in you;
let me never be disgraced.(F)
2 In your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me.(G)
3 Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for you are my rock and fortress.(H)
4 Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.(I)
5 For you are my hope, Lord God,
my confidence from my youth.(J)
6 I have leaned on you from birth;
you took me from my mother’s womb.(K)
My praise is always about you.(L)
7 I am like a miraculous sign to many,
and you are my strong refuge.(M)
8 My mouth is full of praise
and honor to you all day long.(N)
9 Don’t discard me in my old age.
As my strength fails, do not abandon me.(O)
10 For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,(P)
11 saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”(Q)
12 God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.(R)
13 May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who intend to harm me
be covered with disgrace and humiliation.(S)
14 But I will hope continually
and will praise you more and more.(T)
15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness
and your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.(U)
16 I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.(V)
17 God, you have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim your wondrous works.(W)
18 Even while I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me,(X)
while I proclaim your power
to another generation,
your strength to all who are to come.(Y)
19 Your righteousness reaches the heights, God,
you who have done great things;
God, who is like you?(Z)
20 You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,(AA)
but you will revive me again.(AB)
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.(AC)
21 You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.(AD)
22 Therefore, I will praise you with a harp
for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to you with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.(AE)
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you
because you have redeemed me.(AF)
24 Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
your righteousness all day long,
for those who intend to harm me
will be disgraced and confounded.(AG)
Romans 8:22-39
Christian Standard Bible
22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains(A) until now. 23 Not only that,(B) but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits(C)—we also groan within ourselves,(D) eagerly waiting for adoption,(E) the redemption of our bodies.(F) 24 Now in this hope(G) we were saved, but hope(H) that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? 25 Now if we hope for what we do not see,(I) we eagerly wait for it with patience.
26 In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should,(J) but the Spirit himself intercedes for us[a](K) with inexpressible groanings. 27 And he who searches our hearts(L) knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
28 We know that all things work together[b] for the good[c] of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.(M) 29 For those he foreknew he also predestined(N) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(O) so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.(P) 30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified;(Q) and those he justified, he also glorified.(R)
The Believer’s Triumph
31 What, then, are we to say about these things?(S) If God is for us, who is against us?(T) 32 He did not even spare his own Son(U) but gave him up for us all.(V) How will he not also with him grant us everything? 33 Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?(W) God is the one who justifies.(X) 34 Who is the one who condemns?(Y) Christ Jesus is the one who died,(Z) but even more, has been raised;(AA) he also is at the right hand of God(AB) and intercedes for us.(AC) 35 Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction(AD) or distress or persecution(AE) or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
Because of you
we are being put to death all day long;(AF)
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.[d](AG)
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(AH) through him who loved us.(AI) 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,(AJ) nor angels nor rulers,(AK) nor things present nor things to come,(AL) nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God(AM) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(AN)
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