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Psalm 71  Legacy Standard Bible

O God, Do Not Forsake Me

71 (A)In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.
2 (B)In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;
(C)Incline Your ear to me and save me.
3 (D)Be to me a rock of (E)habitation to which I may continually come;
You have given the (F)command to save me,
For You are (G)my [a]rock and my fortress.
4 (H)Protect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the [b]grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man,
5 For You are my (I)hope;
O Lord Yahweh, You are my (J)trust from my youth.
6 [c]By You I have been (K)sustained from my birth;
You are He who (L)took me from my mother’s womb;
My (M)praise is continually [d]of You.

7 I have become a (N)marvel to many,
For You are (O)my strong refuge.
8 My (P)mouth is filled with Your praise
And with (Q)Your beauty all day long.
9 Do not cast me off in the (R)time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies have spoken [e]against me;
And those who (S)watch my [f]life (T)have counseled together,
11 Saying, “(U)God has forsaken him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is (V)no one to deliver.”

12 O God, (W)do not be far from me;
O my God, (X)hasten to my help!
13 Let those who accuse my soul be (Y)ashamed and consumed;
Let them be (Z)wrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who (AA)seek [g]to do me evil.
14 But as for me, I will (AB)wait continually,
And will [h](AC)praise You yet more and more.
15 My (AD)mouth shall recount Your righteousness
And (AE)Your salvation all day long;
For I (AF)do not know the [i]sum of them.
16 I will come (AG)with the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh;
I will (AH)bring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone.

17 O God, You (AI)have taught me from my youth,
And I still (AJ)declare Your wondrous deeds.
18 And even when I am (AK)old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I (AL)declare Your [j]strength to this generation,
Your might to all who are to come.
19 [k]For Your (AM)righteousness, O God, reaches to the [l]heavens,
You who have (AN)done great things;
O God, (AO)who is like You?
20 You, who have (AP)shown [m]me many troubles and [n]evils,
Will (AQ)revive [o]me again,
And will bring [p]me up again (AR)from the depths of the earth.
21 May You increase my (AS)greatness
And turn to (AT)comfort me.

22 I will also praise You with [q](AU)a harp,
Even Your [r]truth, O my God;
To You I will sing praises with the (AV)lyre,
O (AW)Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will (AX)sing for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my (AY)soul, which You have redeemed.
24 My (AZ)tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;
For they are (BA)ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek [s]to do me evil.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:3 Or crag
  2. Psalm 71:4 Lit palm
  3. Psalm 71:6 Lit Upon You I have been supported
  4. Psalm 71:6 Lit in
  5. Psalm 71:10 Lit with reference to
  6. Psalm 71:10 Lit soul
  7. Psalm 71:13 Or my calamity
  8. Psalm 71:14 Lit add upon all Your praise
  9. Psalm 71:15 Lit numbers
  10. Psalm 71:18 Lit arm
  11. Psalm 71:19 Or And
  12. Psalm 71:19 Lit height
  13. Psalm 71:20 Or us
  14. Psalm 71:20 Or calamities
  15. Psalm 71:20 Or us
  16. Psalm 71:20 Or us
  17. Psalm 71:22 Lit an instrument of a harp
  18. Psalm 71:22 Or faithfulness
  19. Psalm 71:24 Or my calamity

Cross references

  1. Psalm 71:1 : Ps 25:2, 3; 31:1-3; 71:1-3
  2. Psalm 71:2 : Ps 31:1
  3. Psalm 71:2 : Ps 17:6
  4. Psalm 71:3 : Ps 31:2, 3
  5. Psalm 71:3 : Deut 33:27; Ps 90:1; 91:9
  6. Psalm 71:3 : Ps 7:6; 42:8
  7. Psalm 71:3 : Ps 18:2
  8. Psalm 71:4 : Ps 140:1, 4
  9. Psalm 71:5 : Ps 39:7; Jer 14:8; 17:7, 13, 17; 50:7
  10. Psalm 71:5 : Ps 22:9
  11. Psalm 71:6 : Ps 22:10; Is 46:3
  12. Psalm 71:6 : Job 10:18; Ps 22:9
  13. Psalm 71:6 : Ps 34:1
  14. Psalm 71:7 : Is 8:18; 1 Cor 4:9
  15. Psalm 71:7 : Ps 61:3
  16. Psalm 71:8 : Ps 35:28; 63:5
  17. Psalm 71:8 : Ps 96:6; 104:1
  18. Psalm 71:9 : Ps 71:18; 92:14; Is 46:4
  19. Psalm 71:10 : Ps 56:6
  20. Psalm 71:10 : Ps 31:13; 83:3; Matt 27:1
  21. Psalm 71:11 : Ps 3:2
  22. Psalm 71:11 : Ps 7:2
  23. Psalm 71:12 : Ps 10:1; 22:11; 35:22; 38:21
  24. Psalm 71:12 : Ps 38:22; 40:13; 70:1, 5
  25. Psalm 71:13 : Ps 35:4, 26; 40:14
  26. Psalm 71:13 : Ps 109:29
  27. Psalm 71:13 : Esth 9:2; Ps 71:24
  28. Psalm 71:14 : Ps 130:7
  29. Psalm 71:14 : Ps 71:8
  30. Psalm 71:15 : Ps 35:28
  31. Psalm 71:15 : Ps 96:2
  32. Psalm 71:15 : Ps 40:5
  33. Psalm 71:16 : Ps 106:2
  34. Psalm 71:16 : Ps 51:14
  35. Psalm 71:17 : Deut 4:5; 6:7
  36. Psalm 71:17 : Ps 26:7; 40:5; 119:27
  37. Psalm 71:18 : Ps 71:9
  38. Psalm 71:18 : Ps 22:31; 78:4, 6
  39. Psalm 71:19 : Ps 36:6; 57:10
  40. Psalm 71:19 : Ps 126:2; Luke 1:49
  41. Psalm 71:19 : Deut 3:24; Ps 35:10
  42. Psalm 71:20 : Ps 60:3; Deut 31:17
  43. Psalm 71:20 : Ps 80:18; 85:6; 119:25; 138:7; Hos 6:1, 2
  44. Psalm 71:20 : Ps 86:13
  45. Psalm 71:21 : Ps 18:35
  46. Psalm 71:21 : Ps 23:4; 86:17; Is 12:1; 49:13
  47. Psalm 71:22 : Ps 33:2; 81:2; 92:1-3; 144:9
  48. Psalm 71:22 : Ps 33:2; 147:7
  49. Psalm 71:22 : 2 Kin 19:22; Ps 78:41; 89:18; Is 1:4
  50. Psalm 71:23 : Ps 5:11; 32:11; 132:9, 16
  51. Psalm 71:23 : Ps 34:22; 55:18; 103:4
  52. Psalm 71:24 : Ps 35:28
  53. Psalm 71:24 : Ps 71:13
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