Psalm 71:1–18

1  *aIn thee, O Lord, do I put my trust:

Let me never be put to confusion.

2  Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape:

Incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

3  †Be thou my strong bhabitation, whereunto I may continually resort:

Thou hast cgiven commandment to save me;

For thou art my rock and ccmy fortress.

4  dDeliver 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 emy hope, O Lord God:

Thou art my trust from my youth.

6  By thee have I been fholden up gfrom the womb:

Thou art hhe that took me out of my mother’s bowels:

My praise shall be continually of thee.

7  I am as ia wonder unto many;

But thou art my strong refuge.

8  Let kmy mouth be filled with thy praise

And with thy honour all the day.

9  lCast me not off in the time of old age;

lForsake me not when my strength faileth.

10  For mine enemies speak against me;

And they that †lay wait for my soul mtake counsel together,

11  nSaying, God hath forsaken him:

Persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

12  oO God, be not far from me:

O my God, pmake haste for my help.

13  qLet them be confounded and consumed that are radversaries to my soul;

rLet them be covered with reproach and dishonour sthat seek my hurt.

14  But I will hope continually,

And will yet praise thee more and more.

15  tMy mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness

And thy salvation all the day;

For uI know not the numbers thereof.

16  xI will go in the strength of the Lord God:

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  Now also †when I am yold and grayheaded,

O God, yforsake me not;

Until I have shewed †thy strength unto this generation,

And thy power to every one that is to come.