Psalms 71:10-20

¹⁰For my enemies speak against me, And they who lay wait for my life consult together:

¹¹“God,” say they, “hath forsaken him; Pursue and seize him; for he hath none to deliver him!”

¹²O God! be not far from me! Come speedily to mine aid, O my God!

¹³Let them perish with shame who are my enemies; Let them be covered with contempt and dishonor who seek my hurt!

¹⁴But I will hope continually; I shall yet praise thee more and more.

¹⁵My mouth shall speak of thy goodness,—Of thy sure protection all the day long; For thy mercies are more than I can number.

¹⁶I will celebrate thy mighty deeds, O Lord Jehovah! I will make mention of thy goodness, of thine only!

¹⁷O God! thou hast taught me from my youth, And thus far have I declared thy wondrous deeds;

¹⁸And now, when I am old and gray-headed, O God! forsake me not, Until I make known thine arm to the next generation,-Thy mighty power to all that are to come!

¹⁹For thy goodness, O God! reacheth to the heavens; Wonderful things doest thou! O God! who is like unto thee?

²⁰Thou hast suffered us to see great and grievous troubles; Thou wilt again give us life, And wilt bring us back from the depths of the earth!