Psalms 71 · Clearspring

Be My Rock of Refuge

¹In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.+ ²Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.+ ³Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.+ ⁴Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.+ ⁵For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth.+ ⁶I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.+ ⁷I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.+ ⁸My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long.+ ⁹Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.+ ¹⁰For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,+ ¹¹saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”+ ¹²God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.+ ¹³Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.+ ¹⁴But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.+ ¹⁵My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.+ ¹⁶I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.+ ¹⁷God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.+ ¹⁸Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.+ ¹⁹Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?+ ²⁰You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.+ ²¹Increase my honor, and comfort me again.+ ²²I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.+ ²³My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!+ ²⁴My tongue will also talk about your righteousness all day long, for they are disappointed, and they are confounded, who want to harm me.+

Be My Rock of Refuge

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