71:1  IN YOU, O Lord, do I put my trust {and} confidently take refuge; let me never be put to shame {or} confusion!

71:2  Deliver me in Your righteousness and cause me to escape; bow down Your ear to me and save me!

71:3  Be to me a rock of refuge in which to dwell, {and} a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually resort, which You have appointed to save me, for You are my Rock and my Fortress.

71:4  Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

71:5  For You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my trust from my youth {and} the source of my confidence.

71:6  Upon You have I leaned {and} relied from birth; You are He Who took me from my mother's womb {and} You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You.

71:7  I am as a wonder {and} surprise to many, but You are my strong refuge.

71:8  My mouth shall be filled with Your praise and with Your honor all the day.

71:9  Cast me not off {nor} send me away in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent {and} my powers fail.

71:10  For my enemies talk against me; those who watch for my life consult together,

71:11  Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue {and} persecute and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

71:12  O God, be not far from me! O my God, make haste to help me!

71:13  Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my life; let them be covered with reproach, scorn, {and} dishonor who seek {and} require my hurt.

71:14  But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more.

71:15  My mouth shall tell of Your righteous acts {and} of Your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is more than I know.

71:16  I will come in the strength {and} with the mighty acts of the Lord God; I will mention {and} praise Your righteousness, even Yours alone.

71:17  O God, You have taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I declared Your wondrous works.

71:18  Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not, [but keep me alive] until I have declared Your mighty strength to [this] generation, and Your might {and} power to all that are to come.

71:19  Your righteousness also, O God, is very high [reaching to the heavens], You Who have done great things; O God, who is like You, {or} who is Your equal?

71:20  You Who have shown us [all] troubles great and sore will quicken us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

71:21  Increase my greatness (my honor) and turn and comfort me.

71:22  I will also praise You with the harp, even Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; unto You will I sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

71:23  My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to You, and my inner being, which You have redeemed.

71:24  My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long; for they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek {and} demand my hurt.