Psalm 71:2-4

International Standard Version

²Rescue and deliver me,^[a] because you are righteous.
    Turn your ear to me and save me.
³Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously;
    command my deliverance
        for you are my rock and fortress.

⁴My God, deliver me from the power of the wicked
and the grasp of ruthless practicers of evil.