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71:1  I’ve taken refuge in you, Lord. Don’t let me ever be put to shame!
71:2  Deliver me and rescue me by your righteousness! Bend your ear toward me and save me!
71:3  Be my rock of refuge where I can always escape. You commanded that my life be saved because you are my rock and my fortress.
71:4  My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked; rescue me from the grip of the wrongdoer and the oppressor
71:5  because you are my hope, Lord. You, Lord, are the one I’ve trusted since childhood.
71:6  I’ve depended on you from birth— you cut the cord when I came from my mother’s womb. My praise is always about you.
71:7  I’ve become an example to many people because you are my strong refuge.
71:8  My mouth is filled with your praise, glorifying you all day long.
71:9  Don’t cast me off in old age. Don’t abandon me when my strength is used up!
71:10  Yes, my enemies have been talking about me; those who stalk me plot together:
71:11  “God has abandoned him! Pursue him! Grab him because no one will deliver him!”
71:12  Don’t be far from me, God! My God, hurry to help me!
71:13  Let my accusers be put to shame, completely finished off! Let those who seek my downfall be dressed in insults and disgrace!
71:14  But me? I will hope. Always. I will add to all your praise.
71:15  My mouth will repeat your righteous acts and your saving deeds all day long. I don’t even know how many of those there are!
71:16  I will dwell on your mighty acts, my Lord. Lord, I will help others remember nothing but your righteous deeds.
71:17  You’ve taught me since my youth, God, and I’m still proclaiming your wondrous deeds!
71:18  So, even in my old age with gray hair, don’t abandon me, God! Not until I tell generations about your mighty arm, tell all who are yet to come about your strength,
71:19  and about your ultimate righteousness, God, because you’ve done awesome things! Who can compare to you, God?
71:20  You, who have shown me many troubles and calamities, will revive me once more. From the depths of the earth, you will raise me up one more time.
71:21  Please increase my honor and comfort me all around.
71:22  Then I’ll give you thanks with a harp— I will thank you for your faithfulness, my God. I will make music for you with the lyre, holy one of Israel.
71:23  My lips will rejoice aloud when I make music for you; my whole being, which you saved, will do the same.
71:24  My tongue, also, will tell of your righteousness all day long, because those who seek my downfall have been put to shame and disgraced.