Psalm 70–71

PSALM 70

O Yahweh, Do Not Delay

For the choir director. Of David. To bring to remembrance.

^1aO God, hasten to deliver me;

O Yahweh, hasten to my help!

^2aLet those be ashamed and humiliated

Who seek my ¹life;

Let those be turned back and dishonored

Who delight in ²evil against me.

^3aLet those ¹turn back because of their shame

Who say, “Aha, aha!”

⁴Let those be joyful and glad in You

All who seek You

And let them say continually,

“Let God be magnified,”

Those who love Your salvation.

⁵But ^aI am afflicted and needy;

^bHasten to me, O God!

You are my help and my protector;

O Yahweh, do not delay.

PSALM 71

O God, Do Not Forsake Me

^1aIn You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;

Let me never be ashamed.

^2aIn Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;

^bIncline Your ear to me and save me.

^3aBe to me a rock of ^bhabitation to which I may continually come;

You have given the ^ccommand to save me,

For You are ^dmy ¹rock and my fortress.

^4aProtect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,

Out of the ¹grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man,

⁵For You are my ^ahope;

O Lord Yahweh, You are my ^btrust from my youth.

⁶¹By You I have been ^asustained from my birth;

You are He who ^btook me from my mother’s womb;

My ^cpraise is continually ²of You.

⁷I have become a ^amarvel to many,

For You are ^bmy strong refuge.

⁸My ^amouth is filled with Your praise

And with ^bYour beauty all day long.

⁹Do not cast me off in the ^atime of old age;

Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

¹⁰For my enemies have spoken ¹against me;

And those who ^awatch my ²life ^bhave counseled together,

¹¹Saying, “^aGod has forsaken him;

Pursue and seize him, for there is ^bno one to deliver.”

¹²O God, ^ado not be far from me;

O my God, ^bhasten to my help!

¹³Let those who accuse my soul be ^aashamed and consumed;

Let them be ^bwrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who ^cseek ¹to do me evil.

¹⁴But as for me, I will ^await continually,

And will ^1bpraise You yet more and more.

¹⁵My ^amouth shall recount Your righteousness

And ^bYour salvation all day long;

For I ^cdo not know the ¹sum of them.

¹⁶I will come ^awith the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh;

I will ^bbring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷O God, You ^ahave taught me from my youth,

And I still ^bdeclare Your wondrous deeds.

¹⁸And even when I am ^aold and gray, O God, do not forsake me,

Until I ^bdeclare Your ¹strength to this generation,

Your might to all who are to come.

¹⁹¹For Your ^arighteousness, O God, reaches to the ²heavens,

You who have ^bdone great things;

O God, ^cwho is like You?

²⁰You, who have ^ashown ¹me many troubles and ²evils,

Will ^brevive ³me again,

And will bring ⁴me up again ^cfrom the depths of the earth.

²¹May You increase my ^agreatness

And turn to ^bcomfort me.

²²I will also praise You with ^1aa harp,

Even Your ²truth, O my God;

To You I will sing praises with the ^blyre,

O ^cHoly One of Israel.

²³My lips will ^asing for joy when I sing praises to You;

And my ^bsoul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴My ^atongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;

For they are ^bashamed, for they are humiliated who seek ¹to do me evil.