Psalm 71 In te, Domine, speravi
1 In you, O LORD, have I taken re-fuge; *
let me never be a-shamed.
2 In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free; *
incline your ear to me and save me.
3 Be my strong rock, a castle to keep me safe; *
you are my crag and my strong-hold.
4 Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wic-ked, *
from the clutches of the evildoer and the op-pres-sor.
5 For you are my hope, O LORD God, *
my confidence since I was young.
6 I have been sustained by you ever since I was born; from my mother’s womb you have been my strength; *
my praise shall be always of you.
7 I have become a portent to man-y; *
but you are my refuge and my strength.
8 Let my mouth be full of your praise *
and your glory all the day long.
9 Do not cast me off in my old age; *
forsake me not when my strength fails .
10 For my enemies are talking a-gainst me, *
and those who lie in wait for my life take counsel to-ge-ther.
11 They say, “God has forsaken her; go after her and seize her; *
because there is none who will save.”
12 O God, be not far from me; *
come quickly to help me, O my God.
13 Let those who set themselves against me be put to shame and be dis-graced; *
let those who seek to do me evil be covered with scorn and re-proach.
14 But I shall always wait in pa-tience, *
and shall praise you more and more.
15 My mouth shall recount your mighty acts and saving deeds all day long; *
though I cannot know the number of them.
16 I will begin with the mighty works of the Lord GOD; *
I will recall your righteousness, yours a-lone.
17 O God, you have taught me since I was young, *
and to this day I tell of your wonder-ful works.
18 And now that I am old and gray headed, O God, do not for-sake me, *
till I make known your strength to this generation and your power to all who are to come.
19 Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the hea-vens; *
you have done great things; who is like you, O God?
20 You have showed me great troubles and ad-ver-sities, *
but you will restore my life and bring me up again from the deep places of the earth
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21 You strengthen me more and more; *
you enfold and com-fort me,
22 Therefore I will praise you upon the lyre for your faithfulness, O my God; *
I will sing to you with the harp, O Holy One of Is-rael.
23 My lips will sing with joy when I play to you, *
and so will my soul, which you have re-deemed.
24 My tongue will proclaim your righteousness all day long, *
for they are ashamed and disgraced who sought to do me harm.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. A-men.