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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.