Psalm 71 — Legacy Standard Bible

O God, Do Not Forsake Me

71^aIn You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge;Let me never be ashamed.²^aIn Your righteousness deliver me and protect me;^bIncline Your ear to me and save me.³^aBe to me a rock of ^bhabitation to which I may continually come;You have given the ^ccommand to save me,For You are ^dmy ¹rock and my fortress.⁴^aProtect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,Out of the ¹grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man,⁵For You are my ^ahope;O Lord Yahweh, You are my ^btrust from my youth.⁶¹By You I have been ^asustained from my birth;You are He who ^btook me from my mother’s womb;My ^cpraise is continually ²of You.⁷I have become a ^amarvel to many,For You are ^bmy strong refuge.⁸My ^amouth is filled with Your praiseAnd with ^bYour beauty all day long.⁹Do not cast me off in the ^atime of old age;Do not forsake me when my strength fails.¹⁰For my enemies have spoken ¹against me;And those who ^awatch my ²life ^bhave counseled together,¹¹Saying, “^aGod has forsaken him;Pursue and seize him, for there is ^bno one to deliver.”¹²O God, ^ado not be far from me;O my God, ^bhasten to my help!¹³Let those who accuse my soul be ^aashamed and consumed;Let them be ^bwrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who ^cseek ¹to do me evil.¹⁴But as for me, I will ^await continually,And will ¹^,^bpraise You yet more and more.¹⁵My ^amouth shall recount Your righteousnessAnd ^bYour salvation all day long;For I ^cdo not know the ¹sum of them.¹⁶I will come ^awith the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh;I will ^bbring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone.¹⁷O God, You ^ahave taught me from my youth,And I still ^bdeclare Your wondrous deeds.¹⁸And even when I am ^aold and gray, O God, do not forsake me,Until I ^bdeclare Your ¹strength to this generation,Your might to all who are to come.¹⁹¹For Your ^arighteousness, O God, reaches to the ²heavens,You who have ^bdone great things;O God, ^cwho is like You?²⁰You, who have ^ashown ¹me many troubles and ²evils,Will ^brevive ³me again,And will bring ⁴me up again ^cfrom the depths of the earth.²¹May You increase my ^agreatnessAnd turn to ^bcomfort me.²²I will also praise You with ¹^,^aa harp,Even Your ²truth, O my God;To You I will sing praises with the ^blyre,O ^cHoly One of Israel.²³My lips will ^asing for joy when I sing praises to You;And my ^bsoul, which You have redeemed.²⁴My ^atongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;For they are ^bashamed, for they are humiliated who seek ¹to do me evil.