Psalm 71
The Prayer of an Old
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In thee, O LORD, do
I put my trust:
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let me never be put to
confusion. |
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Deliver me in thy righteousness,
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and cause me to escape: |
incline thine ear unto me, |
and save
me. |
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Be thou my strong habitation,
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whereunto I may continually resort: |
thou hast given commandment to save me; |
for thou art my rock and my fortress.
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Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of
the wicked,
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out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel
man. |
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For thou art my hope, O Lord
GOD:
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thou art my trust from my
youth. |
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By thee have I been holden up from the
womb:
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thou art he that took me out of my mother's
bowels: |
my praise shall be continually of thee.
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I am as a wonder unto many;
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but thou art my strong
refuge. |
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Let my mouth be filled with thy
praise
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and with thy honor all the
day. |
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Cast me not off in the time of old
age;
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forsake me not when my strength
faileth. |
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For mine enemies speak against me;
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and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel
together, |
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saying, God hath forsaken him:
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persecute and take him; |
for there is none to deliver him.
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O God, be not far from me:
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O my God, make haste for my
help. |
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Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
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let them be covered with reproach and
dishonor that seek my
hurt. |
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But I will hope continually,
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and will yet praise thee more and
more. |
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My mouth shall show forth thy
righteousness
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and thy salvation all the day; |
for I know not the numbers thereof. |
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I will go in the strength of the Lord
GOD:
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I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
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O God, thou hast taught me from my
youth:
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and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous
works. |
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Now also when I am old and
grayheaded,
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O God, forsake me not; |
until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, |
and thy power to every one that is to
come.
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Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high,
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who hast done great things: |
O God, who is like unto
thee! |
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Thou, which hast showed me great
and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again,
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and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the
earth. |
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Thou shalt increase my greatness,
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and comfort me on every side.
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I will also praise thee with the
psaltery,
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even thy truth, O my God: |
unto thee will I sing with the harp, |
O thou Holy One of
Israel. |
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My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing
unto thee;
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and my soul, which thou hast
redeemed. |
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My tongue also shall talk of thy
righteousness all the day long:
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for they are confounded, |
for they are brought unto shame, that seek my
hurt. |
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