Psalm 71:1-24 - A Prayer To God The Rock Of Refuge

¹ Lord, I seek refuge in You;
let me never be disgraced.
² In Your justice, rescue and deliver me;
listen closely to me and save me.
³ Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and fortress.
⁴ Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.
⁵ For You are my hope, Lord God,
my confidence from my youth.
⁶ I have leaned on You from birth;
You took me from my mother’s womb.
My praise is always about You.
⁷ I have become an ominous sign to many,
but You are my strong refuge.
⁸ My mouth is full of praise
and honor to You all day long.

⁹ Don’t discard me in my old age;
as my strength fails, do not abandon me.
¹⁰ For my enemies talk about me,
and those who spy on me plot together,
¹¹ saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”
¹² God, do not be far from me;
my God, hurry to help me.
¹³ May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed;
may those who seek my harm
be covered with disgrace and humiliation.
¹⁴ But I will hope continually
and will praise You more and more.
¹⁵ My mouth will tell about Your righteousness
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.
¹⁶ I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;
I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone.

¹⁷ God, You have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim Your wonderful works.
¹⁸ Even when I am old and gray,
God, do not abandon me.
Then I will proclaim Your power
to another generation,
Your strength to all who are to come.
¹⁹ Your righteousness reaches heaven, God,
You who have done great things;
God, who is like You?
²⁰ You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,
but You will revive me again.
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.
²¹ You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.
²² Therefore, I will praise You with a harp
for Your faithfulness, my God;
I will sing to You with a lyre,
Holy One of Israel.
²³ My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.
²⁴ Therefore, my tongue will proclaim
Your righteousness all day long,
for those who seek my harm
will be disgraced and confounded.