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Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always;
you have ordained[a] to save me,
because you are my rock and my fortress.
My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp[b] of the evildoer and the oppressor,
because you are my hope,
O Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:3 Or “commanded”
  2. Psalm 71:4 Literally “palm”

Be my rock of refuge,
    to which I can always go;
give the command to save me,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.(A)
Deliver(B) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,(C)
    from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.(D)

For you have been my hope,(E) Sovereign Lord,
    my confidence(F) since my youth.

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