Psalms 71
71
The Psalm of Old Age
1Lord, you are my secure shelter. Don’t ever let me down!
2Let your justice be my breakthrough.
Bend low to my whispered cry
and save me from all my enemies!
3You’re the only place of protection for me.
I keep coming back to hide myself in you,
for you are like a mountain-cliff fortress where I’m kept safe.
4Let me escape from these cruel and wicked men,
and save me from the hands of the evil one.
5For you are my only hope, Lord!
I’ve hung on to you, trusting in you all my life.
6-7It was you who supported me from the day I was born,
loving me, helping me through my life’s journey.
You’ve made me into a miracle;
no wonder I trust you and praise you forever!
Many marvel at my success,
but I know it is all because of you, my mighty protector!
8I’m overflowing with your praise for all you’ve done,
and your splendor thrills me all day long.
9Now that I’m old, don’t set me aside.
Don’t let go of me when my strength is spent.
10-11For all my enemies whisper behind my back.
They’re waiting for me to fall so they can finish me off.
They’re convinced you’ve left me
and that you’ll never come to my rescue.
They’re saying, “Let’s get him now! He has no savior!”
12O God, stay close to me!
Don’t just watch from a distance! Hurry to help me, my God!
13Cover these accusers of mine with shame and failure!
Destroy them all, for they only want to kill me!
14No matter what, I’ll trust in you to help me.
Nothing will stop me from praising you to magnify your glory!
15I couldn’t begin to count the times you’ve been there for me.
With the skill of a poet I’ll never run out of things to say
about how you faithfully kept me from danger.
16I will come forth in your mighty strength, O my Lord God. # 71:16 Or “I will enter into the manliness of Lord Yahweh.”
I’ll tell everyone that you alone are the perfect one.
17From my childhood you’ve been my teacher,
and I’m still telling everyone of your miracle-wonders!
18God, now that I’m old and gray, don’t walk away.
Give me grace to demonstrate to the next generation
all your mighty miracles and your excitement,
to show them your magnificent power!
19For your glorious righteousness reaches up to the high heavens.
No one could ever be compared to you!
Who is your equal, O God of marvels and wonders?
20Even though you’ve let us sink down with trials and troubles,
I know you will revive us again,
lifting us up from the dust of death.
21Give us even more greatness than before.
Turn and comfort us once again.
22My loving God, the harp in my heart will praise you.
Your faithful heart toward us will be the theme of my song.
Melodies and music will rise to you, the Holy One of Israel.
23I will shout and sing your praises for all you are to me—
Savior, lover of my soul!
24I’ll never stop telling others how perfect you are,
while all those who seek my harm slink away ashamed and defeated!
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PSALM 71
Prayer of an Old Man for Rescue.
1In you, O Lord, I have put my trust and confidently taken refuge;
Let me never be #I.e. have my expectations in Your goodness be disappointed.put to shame.
2In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
Incline Your ear to me and save me.
3Be 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.
4Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked (godless),
From the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.
5For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.
6Upon 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.
7I am as a wonder to many,
For You are my strong refuge.
8My mouth is filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all day long.
9Do 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.
10For my enemies have spoken against me;
Those who watch for my life have consulted together,
11Saying, “God has abandoned him;
Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
12O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, come quickly to help me!
13Let those who attack my life be ashamed and consumed;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.
14But as for me, I will wait and hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.
15My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,
For their number is more than I know.
16I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord God [and in His strength];
I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.
17O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds.
18And 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.
19Your 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]?
20You who have shown #Another reading is us.me many troubles and distresses
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21May You increase my greatness (honor)
And turn to comfort me.
22I 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.
23My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.
24My tongue also will speak of Your righteousness all day long;
For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my injury.
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