71 In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge:
Let me never be put to shame.
² Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me:
Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.
³ Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
Thou hast given commandment to save me;
For thou art my rock and my fortress.
⁴ Rescue 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 Jehovah:
Thou art my trust from my youth.
⁶ By thee have I been holden up from the womb;
Thou ^[a]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 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise,
And with thy honor 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 concerning me;
And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
¹¹ Saying, God hath forsaken him:
Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.
¹² O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me.
¹³ Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
¹⁴ But I will hope continually,
And will praise thee yet more and more.
¹⁵ My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness,
And of thy salvation all the day;
For I know not the numbers thereof.
¹⁶ I will come ^[b]with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah:
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 Yea, even ^[c]when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not,
Until I have declared ^[d]thy strength unto the next generation,
Thy might to every one that is to come.
¹⁹ Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high;
Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?
²⁰ Thou, who hast showed ^[e]us many and sore troubles,
Wilt quicken ^[f]us again,
And wilt bring ^[g]us up again from the depths of the earth.
²¹ Increase thou my greatness,
And turn again and comfort me.
²² I will also praise thee with the psaltery,
Even thy truth, O my God:
Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp,
O thou Holy One of Israel.
²³ My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises 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 put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.