Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.
71 (A)In You, Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.
2 (B)In Your righteousness rescue me and save me;
(C)Extend Your ear to me and help me.
3 (D)Be to me a rock of (E)dwelling to which I may continually come;
You have given the (F)commandment to save me,
For You are (G)my rock and my fortress.
4 (H)Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,
5 For You are my (I)hope;
Lord God, You are my (J)confidence from my youth.
6 I have (K)leaned on you since my birth;
You are He who (L)took me from my mother’s womb;
My (M)praise is continually of You.
7 I have become a (N)marvel to many,
For You are (O)my strong refuge.
8 My (P)mouth is filled with Your praise
And with (Q)Your glory all day long.
9 Do not cast me away at the (R)time of my old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies have spoken against me;
And those who (S)watch for my life (T)have consulted together,
11 Saying, “(U)God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is (V)no one to save him.”
12 God, (W)do not be far from me;
My God, (X)hurry to my aid!
13 May those who are enemies of my soul be (Y)put to shame and consumed;
May they be (Z)covered with disgrace and dishonor, who (AA)seek to injure me.
14 But as for me, I will (AB)wait continually,
And will (AC)praise You yet more and more.
15 My (AD)mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of (AE)Your salvation all day long;
For I (AF)do not know the art of writing.
16 I will come (AG)with the mighty deeds of the Lord God;
I will (AH)make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.
17 God, You (AI)have taught me from my youth,
And I still (AJ)declare Your wondrous deeds.
18 And even when I am (AK)old and gray, God, do not abandon me,
Until I (AL)declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
19 For Your (AM)righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,
You who have (AN)done great things;
God, (AO)who is like You?
20 You who have (AP)shown me many troubles and distresses
Will (AQ)revive me again,
And will bring me up again (AR)from the depths of the earth.
21 May You increase my (AS)greatness
And turn to (AT)comfort me.
22 I will also praise You with (AU)a harp,
And Your truth, my God;
I will sing praises to You with the (AV)lyre,
(AW)Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will (AX)shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my (AY)soul, which You have redeemed.
24 My (AZ)tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are (BA)put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek my harm.
Footnotes
- Psalm 71:4
- Psalm 71:5
- Psalm 71:6
- Psalm 71:10
- Psalm 71:10
- Psalm 71:13
- Psalm 71:14
- Psalm 71:16
- Psalm 71:18
- Psalm 71:19
- Psalm 71:19
- Psalm 71:20
- Psalm 71:20
- Psalm 71:20
- Psalm 71:22
- Psalm 71:22
- Psalm 71:24
Cross references
- Psalm 71:1 : Ps 25:2, 3; 31:1-3; 71:1-3
- Psalm 71:2 : Ps 31:1
- Psalm 71:2 : Ps 17:6
- Psalm 71:3 : Ps 31:2, 3
- Psalm 71:3 : Deut 33:27; Ps 90:1; 91:9
- Psalm 71:3 : Ps 7:6; 42:8
- Psalm 71:3 : Ps 18:2
- Psalm 71:4 : Ps 140:1, 4
- Psalm 71:5 : Ps 39:7; Jer 14:8; 17:7, 13, 17; 50:7
- Psalm 71:5 : Ps 22:9
- Psalm 71:6 : Ps 22:10; Is 46:3
- Psalm 71:6 : Job 10:18; Ps 22:9
- Psalm 71:6 : Ps 34:1
- Psalm 71:7 : Is 8:18; 1 Cor 4:9
- Psalm 71:7 : Ps 61:3
- Psalm 71:8 : Ps 35:28; 63:5
- Psalm 71:8 : Ps 96:6; 104:1
- Psalm 71:9 : Ps 71:18; 92:14; Is 46:4
- Psalm 71:10 : Ps 56:6
- Psalm 71:10 : Ps 31:13; 83:3; Matt 27:1
- Psalm 71:11 : Ps 3:2
- Psalm 71:11 : Ps 7:2
- Psalm 71:12 : Ps 10:1; 22:11; 35:22; 38:21
- Psalm 71:12 : Ps 38:22; 40:13; 70:1, 5
- Psalm 71:13 : Ps 35:4, 26; 40:14
- Psalm 71:13 : Ps 109:29
- Psalm 71:13 : Esth 9:2; Ps 71:24
- Psalm 71:14 : Ps 130:7
- Psalm 71:14 : Ps 71:8
- Psalm 71:15 : Ps 35:28
- Psalm 71:15 : Ps 96:2
- Psalm 71:15 : Ps 40:5
- Psalm 71:16 : Ps 106:2
- Psalm 71:16 : Ps 51:14
- Psalm 71:17 : Deut 4:5; 6:7
- Psalm 71:17 : Ps 26:7; 40:5; 119:27
- Psalm 71:18 : Ps 71:9
- Psalm 71:18 : Ps 22:31; 78:4, 6
- Psalm 71:19 : Ps 36:6; 57:10
- Psalm 71:19 : Ps 126:2; Luke 1:49
- Psalm 71:19 : Deut 3:24; Ps 35:10
- Psalm 71:20 : Ps 60:3
- Psalm 71:20 : Ps 80:18; 85:6; 119:25; 138:7; Hos 6:1, 2
- Psalm 71:20 : Ps 86:13
- Psalm 71:21 : Ps 18:35
- Psalm 71:21 : Ps 23:4; 86:17; Is 12:1; 49:13
- Psalm 71:22 : Ps 33:2; 81:2; 92:1-3; 144:9
- Psalm 71:22 : Ps 33:2; 147:7
- Psalm 71:22 : 2 Kin 19:22; Ps 78:41; 89:18; Is 1:4
- Psalm 71:23 : Ps 5:11; 32:11; 132:9, 16
- Psalm 71:23 : Ps 34:22; 55:18; 103:4
- Psalm 71:24 : Ps 35:28
- Psalm 71:24 : Ps 71:13
