Psalms 71:2-11

²In thy goodness deliver and rescue me; Incline thine ear to me, and save me!

³Be thou the rock of my abode, where I may continually resort! Thou hast granted me deliverance; For thou art my rock and my fortress!

⁴Save me, O my God! from the hand of the wicked,-From the hand of the unjust and cruel!

⁵For thou art my hope, O Lord Jehovah! Thou hast been my trust from my youth!

⁶Upon thee have I leaned from my birth; From my earliest breath thou hast been my support; My song hath been continually of thee!

⁷I am a wonder to many, But thou art my strong refuge.

⁸Let my mouth be filled with thy praise; Yea, all the day long, with thy glory.

⁹Cast me not off in mine old age; Forsake me not, When my strength faileth!

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!”