71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thy ear to me, and save me.
71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, where I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.
71:4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
71:5 For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
71:6 By thee have I been sustained from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mothers womb: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
71:7 I am as a wonder to many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.
71:8 Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.
71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
71:10 For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: 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 for my help.
71:13 Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
71:15 My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not [their] numbers.
71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.
71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and to this [day] have I declared thy wondrous works.
71:18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength to [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like thee!
71:20 [Thou], who hast shown me great and many troubles, wilt revive me again, and shalt bring me again from the depths of the earth.
71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: to thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to thee; and my soul, whom thou hast redeemed.
71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, that seek my hurt.