In
you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
Never
let me be disappointed.
Deliver
me in your righteousness, and rescue me.
Turn
your ear to me, and save me.
Be
to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go.
Give
the command to save me,
for
you are my rock and my fortress.
Rescue
me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from
the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
For
you are my hope, Lord Yahweh,
my
confidence from my youth.
I
have relied on you from the womb.
You
are he who took me out of my mother’s womb.
I
will always praise you.
I
am a marvel to many,
but
you are my strong refuge.
My
mouth shall be filled with your praise,
with
your honor all day long.
Don’t
reject me in my old age.
Don’t
forsake me when my strength fails.
For
my enemies talk about me.
Those
who watch for my soul conspire together,
saying,
“God has forsaken him.
Pursue
and take him, for no one will rescue him.”
God,
don’t be far from me.
My
God, hurry to help me.
Let
my accusers be disappointed and consumed.
Let
them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
But
I will always hope,
and
will add to all of your praise.
My
mouth will tell about your righteousness,
and
of your salvation all day,
though
I don’t know its full measure.
I
will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh.
I
will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
God,
you have taught me from my youth.
Until
now, I have declared your wondrous works.
Yes,
even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me,
until
I have declared your strength to the next generation,
your
might to everyone who is to come.
Your
righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens;
you
have done great things.
God,
who is like you?
You,
who have shown us many and bitter troubles,
you
will let me live.
You
will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
Increase
my honor
and
comfort me again.
I
will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God.
I
sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
My
lips shall shout for joy!
My
soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
My
tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long,
for
they are disappointed, and they are confounded,
who
want to harm me.
Psalm 71
