Psalms 71:10-17

¹⁰For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,

¹¹Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.

¹²O God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help.

¹³Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

¹⁴But as for me, I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.

¹⁵My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.

¹⁶I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone.

¹⁷O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works: