Psalm 71 Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 71

God’s Help in Old Age

¹Lord, I seek refuge in You;
let me never be disgraced.^(A)
²In Your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me.^(B)
³Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and fortress.^(C)
⁴Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.^(D)
⁵For You are my hope, Lord God,
my confidence from my youth.^(E)
⁶I have leaned on You from birth;
You took me from my mother’s womb.^(F)
My praise is always about You.^(G)
⁷I have become an ominous sign to many,
but You are my strong refuge.^(H)
⁸My mouth is full of praise
and honor to You all day long.^(I)

⁹Don’t discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.^(J)
¹⁰For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,^(K)
¹¹saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”^(L)
¹²God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.^(M)
¹³May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who seek my harm
be covered with disgrace and humiliation.^(N)
¹⁴But I will hope continually
and will praise You more and more.^(O)
¹⁵My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.^(P)
¹⁶I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.^(Q)

¹⁷God, You have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim Your wonderful works.^(R)
¹⁸Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.^(S)
Then I will^[a] proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.^(T)
¹⁹Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?^(U)
²⁰You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,^(V)
but You will revive me again.^(W)
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.^(X)
²¹You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.^(Y)
²²Therefore, I will praise You with a harp
for Your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to You with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.^(Z)
²³My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.^(AA)
²⁴Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
Your righteousness all day long,
for those who seek my harm
will be disgraced and confounded.^(AB)