Psalm 71

In you, O Lord, have I put my trust; *

let me never be put to shame.

Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; *

incline your ear to me and save me.

Be my rock and my refuge, where I may always return; *

you have promised to help me, for you are my stronghold and my fortress.

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, *

out of the hand of the unrighteous and the cruel.

For you, O Lord God, are the one I long for; *

you are my hope, even from my youth.

Through you have I been upheld ever since I was born; *

you took me out of my mother’s womb; my praise shall be always of you.

I have become a portent to many; *

but you are my refuge and my strength.

O let my mouth be filled with your praise *

that I may sing of your glory all the day long.

Cast me not away in the time of old age; *

forsake me not when my strength fails me.

For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together. *

They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”

Go not far from me, O God; *

my God, make haste to help me.