Psalm 71

In you, LORD, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, rescue and deliver me;
incline your ear to me and save me. Be a rock where I may dwell, where I can always come.
You have commanded that I be saved, for you are my rock and my fortress. My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel. For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my trust from my youth. I have leaned on you from the womb;
you brought me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise is always of you. I have become a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. Let my mouth be filled with your praise and with your glory all day long. Do not cast me off in old age;
do not forsake me when my strength is spent. For my enemies speak against me, and those who watch for my life conspire together, saying, “God has forsaken him.
Pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.” God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me. Let the adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed;
let those who seek my harm be covered with reproach and disgrace. But I will always hope and add to all your praise. My mouth will recount your righteousness and your salvation all day long, for I do not know their number. I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD;
I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone. God, you have taught me from my youth, and to this day I declare your wonderful deeds. Even when I am old and gray, God, do not forsake me, until I declare your powerful arm to another generation, your might to all who are to come. Your righteousness, God, reaches the heights.
You have done great things;
God, who is like you? You, who have shown me many bitter troubles, will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again. You will increase my honor and comfort me again. I too will give you thanks with the harp for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel. My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, and so will my soul, which you have redeemed. My tongue too will speak of your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm have been ashamed and humiliated.

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