71:1 In You, LORD, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.
71:2 In Your righteousness rescue me and save me;
Extend Your ear to me and help me.
71:3 Be to me a rock of dwelling to which I may continually come;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.
71:4 Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the ①grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,
▷ ①Lit palm
71:5 For You are my hope;
Lord ①GOD, You are my confidence from my youth.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
71:6 I have leaned on you since my birth;
You are He who took me from my mother’s womb;
My praise is continually ①of You.
▷ ①Lit in
71:7 I have become a marvel to many,
For You are my strong refuge.
71:8 My mouth is filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all day long.
71:9 Do not cast me away at the time of my old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails.
71:10 For my enemies have spoken ①against me;
And those who watch for my ②life have consulted together,
▷ ①Lit with reference to ②Lit soul
71:11 Saying, “God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to save him.”
71:12 God, do not be far from me;
My God, hurry to my aid!
71:13 May those who are enemies of my soul be put to shame and consumed;
May they be covered with disgrace and dishonor, who seek ①to injure me.
▷ ①Lit my injury
71:14 But as for me, I will wait continually,
And will ①praise You yet more and more.
▷ ①Lit add upon all Your praise
71:15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your salvation all day long;
For I do not know the art of writing.
71:16 I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord ①GOD;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
71:17 God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.
71:18 And even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me,
Until I declare Your ①strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
▷ ①Lit arm
71:19 ①For Your righteousness, God, reaches to the ②heavens,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?
▷ ①Or And ②Lit height
71:20 You who have shown ①me many troubles and distresses
Will revive ②me again,
And will bring ③me up again from the depths of the earth.
▷ ①Another reading is us ②Another reading is us ③Another reading is us
71:21 May You increase my greatness
And turn to comfort me.
71:22 I will also praise You with ①a harp,
And Your ②truth, my God;
I will sing praises to You with the lyre,
Holy One of Israel.
▷ ①Lit an instrument of a harp ②Or faithfulness
71:23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my soul, which You have redeemed.
71:24 My tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek ①my harm.
▷ ①Or to injure me