Psalm 71:1-24 AMP

[1] In you, O LORD, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge; Let me never be put to shame. [2] In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me. [3] Be to me a rock of refuge and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually come; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress. [4] Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless), From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man. [5] For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth. [6] Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother’s womb and You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You. [7] I am as a wonder to many, For You are my strong refuge. [8] My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long. [9] Do not cast me off nor send me away in the time of old age; Do not abandon me when my strength fails and I am weak. [10] For my enemies have spoken against me; Those who watch for my life have consulted together, [11] Saying, “God has abandoned him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.” [12] O God, do not be far from me; O my God, come quickly to help me! [13] Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me. [14] But as for me, I will wait and hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more. [15] My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long, For their number is more than I know. [16] I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord GOD [and in His strength]; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone. [17] O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds. [18] And even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your [mighty] strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come. [19] Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the [height of the] heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You, [who is Your equal]? [20] You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive and renew me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth. [21] May You increase my greatness (honor) And turn to comfort me. [22] I will also praise You with the harp, Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. [23] My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You, And my soul, which You have redeemed. [24] My tongue also will speak of Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my injury.