| Chapter
71 |
| 1 | In
thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. |
| 2 | Deliver me in thy righteousness, and
cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. |
| 3 | Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto
I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art
my rock and my fortress. |
| 4 |
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the
unrighteous and cruel man. |
| 5 |
For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. |
| 6 | By thee have I been holden up
from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise
shall be continually of thee. |
| 7
| I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. |
| 8 | Let my mouth be filled with thy
praise and with thy honour all the day. |
| 9 | Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not
when my strength faileth. |
| 10 |
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take
counsel together, |
| 11 |
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to
deliver him. |
| 12 | O God,
be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. |
| 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. |
| 14
| But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and
more. |
| 15 | My mouth shall
shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the
numbers thereof. |
| 16 | I
will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy
righteousness, even of thine only. |
|
17 | O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I
declared thy wondrous works. |
| 18
| Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I
have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that
is to come. |
| 19 | Thy
righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who
is like unto thee! |
| 20 |
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and
shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. |
| 21 | Thou shalt increase my greatness, and
comfort me on every side. |
| 22 |
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto
thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. |
| 23 | My lips shall greatly rejoice when I
sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. |
| 24 | My tongue also shall talk of thy
righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought
unto shame, that seek my hurt. |
