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. |