Psalm 71:1-24 MEV

[1] In You, O LORD, I seek refuge; may I never be put to shame. [2] Deliver me in Your righteousness and help me escape; incline Your ear to me and save me. [3] Be my rock of refuge to enter continually; You have given commandment to save me; for You are my rock and my stronghold. [4] Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unjust and cruel man. [5] For You are my hope, O Lord GOD; You are my confidence from my youth. [6] On You I have supported myself from the womb; You took me out of my mother's womb. My praise will continually be about You. [7] I am like a wondrous sign to many; You are my strong refuge. [8] My mouth will be filled with Your praise and with Your glory all the day. [9] Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. [10] For my enemies speak against me; and those who watch for my life take counsel together, [11] saying, "God has forsaken him; pursue and catch him, for there is none to deliver him." [12] O God, do not be far from me; O my God, act quickly to help me. [13] May the adversaries of my life be ashamed and confused; may those who seek my harm be enveloped in scorn and dishonor. [14] But I will hope continually, and will add to all Your praise. [15] My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day, for I cannot know their numbers. [16] I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only. [17] O God, You have taught me from my youth; and until now I have proclaimed Your wondrous works. [18] Now also when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I have proclaimed Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come. [19] Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heights; You have done great deeds; O God, who is like You? [20] You who have shown me great distresses and troubles will revive me again, and will bring me up again from the depths of the earth. [21] You will increase my greatness, and You will encircle and comfort me. [22] I will give You thanks with the harp, even Your truth, O my God; to You I will sing with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. [23] My lips will rejoice when I sing to You, and my soul, which You have redeemed. [24] My tongue also will speak of Your righteousness all the day long; for those who seek my harm are ashamed, for they have been put to shame.