Ps 71:5 For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth.
Ps 71:6 By You I have been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother's womb; My praise is continually of You.
Ps 71:7 ¶ I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.
Ps 71:8 My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long.
Ps 71:9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
Ps 71:10 For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together,
Ps 71:11 Saying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver."
Ps 71:12 ¶ O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help!
Ps 71:13 Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.
Ps 71:14 But as for me, I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.
Ps 71:15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the sum of them.
Ps 71:16 I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.
Ps 71:17 ¶ O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.
Ps 71:18 And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.
Ps 71:20 You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Ps 71:21 May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me.
Ps 71:22 ¶ I will also praise You with a harp, Even Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
Ps 71:23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed.
Ps 71:24 My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.
Ps 72:1 Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king's son.