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Psalm 71

A song for old age

71 Lord , I have come to you to keep me safe.
Never let me become ashamed.
2 You always do what is right,
so please rescue me!
Listen to me, and come to save me!
3 Be a rock where I can hide.
Be a strong place where I can be safe.
You are my high rock and my strong, safe place.
4 My God, save me from the power of wicked people,
so that those cruel people cannot catch me.
5 My Lord, I trust you to help me.
I have trusted in you, Lord ,
since I was young.
6 Since I was born,
you have been there to help me.
You have taken care of me
since my mother gave birth to me.
So I will always praise you!
7 When people see me,
they see trouble!
But you are a strong place to keep me safe.
8 I can never stop praising you!
All the time, I speak about your glory!
9 Do not chase me away when I am old.
When I am no longer strong,
do not turn away from me. [ a ]
10 For my enemies say things against me.
They think of ways that they can kill me.
11 They say, ‘God has turned away from him.
Run after him and catch him,
for nobody will rescue him.’
12 God, do not stay far away from me.
My God, come quickly to help me!
13 Make my enemies become completely ashamed.
They speak against me and they want to hurt me.
So let them fall with great shame!
14 But as for me, I will always wait for you to help me.
I will continue to praise you more and more.
15 I will tell people that you always do what is right.
I will always speak about your power to save people.
But you have done more than I will ever know about!
16 I will tell about the great things that you have done,
Almighty Lord .
I will tell everyone that you are righteous.
You, only you, are righteous.
17 God, you have taught me since I was young.
I still tell people about the great things that you have done.
18 And even when I am old and my hair is grey,
do not turn away from me, God.
I need to tell the people still to be born
about your great strength.
My descendants need to know about your power.
19 Your justice reaches beyond the sky above!
You have done such great things, God.
There is nobody like you!
20 You have caused me to have many bad troubles.
But you will make my life strong again.
You will lift me back out
from this deep hole under the earth. [ b ]
21 You will make me great again,
so that people respect me.
You will turn back to me,
so that I feel strong.
22 I will pick up my harp
and I will sing to thank you.
I will praise you, my God,
because you do what you promise.
I will sing to praise you, the Holy One of Israel,
with the music of a lyre. [ c ]
23 I will shout aloud with joy,
as I praise you with music!
I will sing songs to praise you,
because you have rescued me.
24 I will talk about your justice all the time.
The people who want to hurt me
will become confused and ashamed.

Footnotes

  1. 71:9 When the writer is old, he wants God to continue to be with him.
  2. 71:20 This means that the writer thought that he was near to death.
  3. 71:22 The ‘Holy One of Israel’ is a name for God. He is the God that the Israelites worshipped.

71 Lord , I depend on you for protection.
Don’t let me be disappointed.
2 You always do what is right, so come and save me.
Listen to me and save me.
3 Be my Rock, my place of safety.
Be my fortress, and protect me!
You are my Rock and my protection.
4 My God, save me from wicked people.
Save me from cruel, evil people.
5 Lord God , you are my hope.
I have trusted you since I was a young boy.
6 I depended on you even before I was born.
I relied on you even in my mother’s womb.
I have always prayed to you. [ a ]
7 You are my source of strength,
so I have been an example to others.
8 I am always singing about the wonderful things you do.
9 Don’t throw me away just because I am old.
Don’t leave me as I lose my strength.
10 My enemies make plans against me.
They have met together and are making plans to kill me.
11 They say, “Go get him!
God has left him, so there is no one to help him.”
12 God, don’t leave me!
My God, hurry and help me!
13 Defeat my enemies.
Destroy them completely!
They are trying to hurt me.
Let them suffer shame and disgrace.
14 Then I will always trust in you
and praise you more and more.
15 I will tell people how good you are.
I will tell about all the times you saved me—
too many times to count.
16 I will tell about your greatness, my Lord God .
I will talk only about you and your goodness.
17 God, you have taught me since I was a young boy.
And to this day I have told people about the wonderful things you do.
18 Now that I am old and my hair is gray, don’t leave me, God.
I must tell the next generation about your power and greatness.
19 God, your goodness reaches far above the skies.
You have done wonderful things.
God, there is no one like you.
20 You have let me see troubles and hard times,
but you will give me new life;
you will lift me up from this pit of death!
21 You will help me do even greater things.
You will comfort me again!
22 I will play the harp and praise you.
My God, I will sing about your faithfulness.
I will play songs on my lyre
for the Holy One of Israel.
23 I will shout for joy,
singing songs of praise to you for saving me.
24 My tongue will sing about your goodness all the time,
because those who wanted to kill me
have been defeated and disgraced.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:6 prayed to you Or “praised you.”

71 In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God : thou art my trust from my youth.

6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God : I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.

71 ( A ) In You, Lord , I have taken refuge;
Let me never be put to shame.
2 ( B ) In Your righteousness rescue me and save me;
( C ) Extend Your ear to me and help me.
3 ( D ) Be to me a rock of ( E ) dwelling to which I may continually come;
You have given the ( F ) commandment to save me,
For You are ( G ) my rock and my fortress.
4 ( H ) Save me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
From the [ a ] grasp of the wrongdoer and the ruthless,
5 For You are my ( I ) hope;
Lord [ b ] God , You are my ( J ) confidence from my youth.
6 I have ( K ) leaned on you since my birth;
You are He who ( L ) took me from my mother’s womb;
My ( M ) praise is continually [ c ] 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 glory all day long.
9 Do not cast me away at the ( R ) time of my old age;
Do not abandon me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies have spoken [ d ] against me;
And those who ( S ) watch for my [ e ] life ( T ) have consulted together,
11 Saying, “ ( U ) God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is ( V ) no one to save him .”

12 God, ( W ) do not be far from me;
My God, ( X ) hurry to my aid!
13 May those who are enemies of my soul be ( Y ) put to shame and consumed;
May they be ( Z ) covered with disgrace and dishonor, who ( AA ) seek [ f ] to injure me.
14 But as for me, I will ( AB ) wait continually,
And will [ g ] ( AC ) praise You yet more and more.
15 My ( AD ) mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of ( AE ) Your salvation all day long;
For I ( AF ) do not know the art of writing.
16 I will come ( AG ) with the mighty deeds of the Lord [ h ] God ;
I will ( AH ) make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

17 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, God, do not abandon me,
Until I ( AL ) declare Your [ i ] strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.
19 [ j ] For Your ( AM ) righteousness, God, reaches to the [ k ] heavens,
You who have ( AN ) done great things;
God, ( AO ) who is like You?
20 You who have ( AP ) shown [ l ] me many troubles and distresses
Will ( AQ ) revive [ m ] me again,
And will bring [ n ] 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 [ o ] ( AU ) a harp,
And Your [ p ] truth, my God;
I will sing praises to You with the ( AV ) lyre,
( AW ) Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will ( AX ) shout for joy when I sing praises to You;
And my ( AY ) soul, which You have redeemed.
24 My ( AZ ) tongue also will tell of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ( BA ) put to shame, for they are humiliated who seek [ q ] my harm.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 71:4 Lit palm
  2. Psalm 71:5 Heb YHWH , usually rendered Lord
  3. Psalm 71:6 Lit in
  4. Psalm 71:10 Lit with reference to
  5. Psalm 71:10 Lit soul
  6. Psalm 71:13 Lit my injury
  7. Psalm 71:14 Lit add upon all Your praise
  8. Psalm 71:16 Heb YHWH , usually rendered Lord
  9. Psalm 71:18 Lit arm
  10. Psalm 71:19 Or And
  11. Psalm 71:19 Lit height
  12. Psalm 71:20 Another reading is us
  13. Psalm 71:20 Another reading is us
  14. Psalm 71:20 Another reading is us
  15. Psalm 71:22 Lit an instrument of a harp
  16. Psalm 71:22 Or faithfulness
  17. Psalm 71:24 Or to injure me

Psalm 71 ( A )

1 In you, Lord , I have taken refuge; ( B )
let me never be put to shame. ( C )
2 In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;
turn your ear ( D ) to me and save me.
3 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. ( E )
4 Deliver ( F ) me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, ( G )
from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel. ( H )

5 For you have been my hope, ( I ) Sovereign Lord ,
my confidence ( J ) since my youth.
6 From birth ( K ) I have relied on you;
you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. ( L )
I will ever praise ( M ) you.
7 I have become a sign ( N ) to many;
you are my strong refuge. ( O )
8 My mouth ( P ) is filled with your praise,
declaring your splendor ( Q ) all day long.

9 Do not cast ( R ) me away when I am old; ( S )
do not forsake ( T ) me when my strength is gone.
10 For my enemies ( U ) speak against me;
those who wait to kill ( V ) me conspire ( W ) together.
11 They say, “God has forsaken ( X ) him;
pursue him and seize him,
for no one will rescue ( Y ) him.”
12 Do not be far ( Z ) from me, my God;
come quickly, God, to help ( AA ) me.
13 May my accusers ( AB ) perish in shame; ( AC )
may those who want to harm me
be covered with scorn and disgrace. ( AD )

14 As for me, I will always have hope; ( AE )
I will praise you more and more.

15 My mouth will tell ( AF ) of your righteous deeds, ( AG )
of your saving acts all day long—
though I know not how to relate them all.
16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, ( AH ) Sovereign Lord ;
I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
17 Since my youth, God, you have taught ( AI ) me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. ( AJ )
18 Even when I am old and gray, ( AK )
do not forsake me, my God,
till I declare your power ( AL ) to the next generation,
your mighty acts to all who are to come. ( AM )

19 Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, ( AN )
you who have done great things. ( AO )
Who is like you, God? ( AP )
20 Though you have made me see troubles, ( AQ )
many and bitter,
you will restore ( AR ) my life again;
from the depths of the earth ( AS )
you will again bring me up.
21 You will increase my honor ( AT )
and comfort ( AU ) me once more.

22 I will praise you with the harp ( AV )
for your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre, ( AW )
Holy One of Israel. ( AX )
23 My lips will shout for joy ( AY )
when I sing praise to you—
I whom you have delivered. ( AZ )
24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
all day long, ( BA )
for those who wanted to harm me ( BB )
have been put to shame and confusion. ( BC )

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